<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/donald-trump" rel="" target="" title="Donald Trump"><span>Donald Trump</span></a><span>'s </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/jeffrey-epstein-investigation-donald-trump-defends-pam-bondi-amid-maga-fallout-over-her-handling-of-case/df507d36-2104-435f-be54-22d4297271d4" rel="" target="" title="attorney-general, Pam Bondi,"><span>attorney-general, Pam Bondi,</span></a><span> has refused to apologise to victims over her department's </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/ghislaine-maxwell-donald-trump-clemency-testimony-congress-howard-lutnick-usa-politics-news/d2e0f01b-45e5-48b4-a22e-4b832c8dc95f" rel="" target="" title="handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files"><span>handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files</span></a><span>.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Bondi was testifying before a House Judiciary Committee when Democratic </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/pramila-jayapal-congresswoman-coronavirus-covid-19-test-superspreader-maskless-republicans/dfb16eea-ab79-4160-8719-becb6f0aa9c8" rel="" target="" title="Representative Pramila Jayapal"><span>Representative Pramila Jayapal</span></a><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/jeffrey-epstein-not-running-sex-trafficking-ring-for-powerful-men-fbi-says/76bd71d2-d8db-409a-b732-57d0c8ba577c" rel="" target="" title="asked any Epstein survivors in the room to stand"><span>asked any Epstein survivors in the room to stand</span></a><span>.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Please raise your hands if you have still not been able to meet with this Department of Justice," Jayapal said.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/six-names-in-epstein-files-redacted--ro-khanna-thomas-massie-usa-news/5dca7843-114e-4188-89da-dbb1f291b6fa"><strong><span>Trump in the unredacted Epstein files 'a million times'</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>All of the survivors raised their hands.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Will you turn to them now and apologise for what your Department of Justice has put them through with the absolutely unacceptable release of the Epstein files and their information?" Jayapal asked Bondi.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Bondi did not turn around to face the victims and refused to apologise.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/world/pam-bondi-jeffrey-epstein-victims-congressional-hearing-jamie-raskin-pramila-jayapal/74f21ec7-5c01-4c70-bc3c-0a31327ce022" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Why didn't she ask Merrick Garland this twice when he sat in my chair?" Bondi said, referring to her predecessor in the Biden administration.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"I'm not gonna get in the gutter for her theatrics."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>But she did express her sympathies for victims of sexual assault.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"I am deeply sorry for what any victim has been through, especially as a result of that monster," she said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The tense congressional testimony was marked by combative answers directed at Democrats on the panel.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/jeffrey-epstein-suicide-death-statement-us-attorney-geoffrey-berman-usa-news/013128b4-3299-4b80-8c98-ca7657b85fa2"><strong><span>Draft announcement of Epstein's death dated the day before</span></strong></a><span></span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>At one point, she described Congressman Jamie Raskin as a "washed-up, loser lawyer".</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Have you apologised to President Trump?" Bondi asked of Democrats.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"You sit here and you attack the president, and I am not going to have it."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>She criticised the committee for not talking about the stock market.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"The Dow is over 50,000 right now, the S&amp;P at almost 7000, and the NASDAQ smashing records, Americans' 401(k)s and retirement savings are booming," she said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"That's what we should be talking about."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Democrats were highly critical of Bondi's testimony.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Pam Bondi's place in history is going to be as the attorney-general who is one of the greatest defenders of paedophiles and sexual abusers in American history," Jason Crow said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Her place in history will also be as the person that turned America's Justice Department into a political hatchet operation for Donald Trump's opponents."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/trump-told-police-in-mid-2000s-everyone-has-known-about-epsteins-misconduct/bac5dfc1-d0d4-4c62-9504-86d8bc92e0b8"><strong><span>Trump told police in mid-2000s 'everyone has known' about Epstein's misconduct</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>It also appears Bondi and the Department of Justice have been surveilling representatives as they conduct their own investigation into Jeffrey Epstein.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A photographer during the hearing snapped a picture of a piece of paper in a folder in Bondi's hands.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The document is titled: "Jayapal Pramila Search History".</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The file appears to include details from the Epstein files.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>This week, members of Congress were allowed to view unredacted documents in the Epstein files.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"It is totally inappropriate and against the separations of powers for the DOJ to surveil us as we search the Epstein files," Jayapal later said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Bondi showed up today with a burn book that held a printed search history of exactly what emails I searched."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/donald-trump-paedophile-protector-ford-worker-factory-usa-news-update/243f734d-e827-4434-b693-7e105c881f49"><strong><span>Surprise fate for worker who called Trump a 'paedophile protector'</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The Department of Justice has released millions of files related to the </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/jeffrey-epstein" rel="" target="" title="Jeffrey Epstein investigation"><span>Jeffrey Epstein investigation</span></a><span>, many of which are heavily redacted.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Epstein used his wealth and power to sexually abuse many underage girls.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>NEVER MISS A STORY: Get your breaking news and exclusive stories first by following us across all platforms.</span></strong></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><ul><li><strong><span>Sign up to</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://login.nine.com.au/edm?client_id=nineatnine" target="" title=""><strong><span>our breaking newsletter here</span></strong></a></li></ul></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><ul><li><p><strong><span>Download the 9NEWS App here 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