Attorney General Pam Bondi had choice words for Rep. Ted Lieu, D-Calif., after the congressman accused Bondi of perjury and lying under oath while testifying before the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday.
“Don’t you ever accuse me of a crime!” Bondi snapped at Lieu after he accused her of lying under oath.
The congressman began his time by questioning Bondi about an explicit photo picturing former Prince Andrew and an unknown woman. Lieu then attempted to link President Donald Trump to Andrew and Jeffrey Epstein attending parties with underage girls.
“Like former Prince Andrew, Donald Trump attended various parties with Jeffrey Epstein, I want to know, were there any underage girls at that party, or at any party that Trump attended with Jeffrey Epstein?” Lieu asked.
“This is so ridiculous and that they are trying to deflect from all the great things Donald Trump has done. There is no evidence that Donald Trump has committed a crime,” claimed Bondi. “Everyone knows that this has been the most transparent presidency,” she continued.
“I believe you’ve just lied under oath. There is ample evidence in the Epstein files,” Lieu responded.
Lieu then referenced claims made against Trump leading up to the 2020 election that the DOJ has determined to be false.
The file Lieu referenced claimed that a limousine driver who had driven Trump in 1995 allegedly overheard him on the phone talking about “abusing some girl.” The driver then claimed to have driven an unnamed woman who told him that Trump and Epstein raped her between 1995-2000. The driver claimed that the woman turned up dead after telling the police.
The DOJ addressed this, and many other claims, in December when they released 30,000 new pages of the Epstein files from Data Set 8.
“Some of these documents contain untrue and sensationalist claims made against President Trump that were submitted to the FBI right before the 2020 election. To be clear: the claims are unfounded and false, and if they had a shred of credibility, they certainly would have been weaponized against President Trump already,” read an X post from the DOJ.
“Nevertheless, out of our commitment to the law and transparency, the DOJ is releasing these documents with the legally required protections for Epstein’s victims,” the statement added.
