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US Attorney General designee Pam Bondi fended off onslaughts from California Sens.Adam Schiff and Alex Padilla at her confirmation hearing Wednesday, both of whom grilled her about President-elect Donald Trump.Padilla, 51, went first in questioning Bondi, 59, harping on the former Florida attorney general’s visit to Philadelphia during the 2020 election aftermath where she appeared with Rudy Giuliani for a press conference and proclaimed, “We’ve won Pennsylvania.”“Do you have any evidence of election fraud or irregularities in the 2020 election,” Padilla pressed her.
Bondi, who served as AG of Florida from 2011 to 2019, began responding, “I traveled to Pennsylvania….”But Padilla repeatedly cut her off as she tried to finish the sentence and reminded her of the oath she had taken to serve as the Sunshine State’s top cop.The senator’s prodding prompted Bondi to hit back.“You pointed your finger at me and said you were speaking.
Let me answer your question.I’m not going to be bullied by you, Senator Padilla,” Bondi fired back through crosstalk.
“I guess you didn’t want to hear my answer about Pennsylvania.”The Golden State Democrat asked about birthright citizenship and what the 14th Amendment says, prompting another clapback from the aspiring US attorney general.“Senator, I’m here to answer your questions, I’m not here to do your homework and study for you,” Bondi jabbed as Padilla repeated his question.
“Hey, you cut me off — can I please finish,” she added before answering that the “14th Amendment — we all know — addresses birthright citizenship.”Earlier in the confirmation hearing, Bondi affirmed to senators that she accepts President Biden is currently the commander-in-chief, a point on which Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee have frequently focused.But perhaps the more dramatic encounter Bondi had was with Schiff, 64, who was the lead impeachment manager during Trump’s first impeachment tria...