Sen. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) said he was “afraid” that President-elect Trump's attorney general nominee, Pam Bondi, would contradict the president-elect during her Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing. Ta.
“I think she was afraid to contradict Donald Trump in any way, to say anything that would make Donald Trump uncomfortable,” Schiff said in an interview on MSNBC Thursday.
“The problem with all of these is when she doesn't have that independence, even before she took the job, like the questions I asked and other questions I asked her, Congressional If she doesn't have the independence to answer simple questions, she will preserve the evidence from the January 6 investigation — and if she can't answer those questions for fear of Donald Trump, 'What will you do if you do?' he added.
He said Bondi was concerned about the former president, who was effectively granted “absolute immunity” after the Supreme Court ruled that the leader could not be prosecuted for his actions while in office. He claimed that
“All of this is not a vacuum, taking place in the context of the Supreme Court's decision that gave Donald Trump absolute immunity for using the Justice Department to commit crimes,” Schiff said.
“Clearly, now more than ever, we need an attorney general who is willing to say no to illegal or immoral requests from the president. She showed no desire or ability to do so yesterday,” he added.
Mr. Bondi was grilled by Democrats on Wednesday over whether he would push back against Mr. Trump.
Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) said, “We need to know that if we are asked to do something that is wrong, illegal, unconstitutional, we will say no to the president.” he said.
“I never talk about hypotheticals, especially hypotheticals that the president would do something illegal,” Bondi said in response to a series of questions from Democrats.
