Jamie Raskin Brands Pam Bondi a 'Disgrace' in Extraordinary Retaliation Following 'Washed-Up' Insult
Bondi criticized Raskin and Democrats during the hearing and faced accusations that the Justice Department withheld names from the Epstein documents.

SOURCE CHECK
TAP FOR WHYInternational Business Times UK is an established digital news publisher with an attributed author, though this article’s sensational presentation and limited sourcing lower confidence in its reporting standards.
- Source type — An established international digital news outlet, but not a major newspaper of record.
- Editorial standards — The article attributes some claims but uses highly charged language and offers limited corroboration.
- Author attribution — The article names an author.
- Transparency — The page identifies the publisher and author, but the article provides little detail about its reporting process.
The article includes direct quotations from the hearing and an attributed account of Plaskett’s response, but relies heavily on claims by participants, gives little independent context, and presents the confrontation in sensational language.
HOW WE SCORE ↗The article includes remarks from both Bondi and her congressional critics, but its narration foregrounds the critics’ accusations and provides little independent evidence or substantive response to them.
- Counterarguments presented — Bondi’s remarks and accusations against Democrats are quoted, but her account of the document redactions is not developed.
- Loaded language — The article repeatedly uses dramatic and evaluative descriptions of the confrontation.
- Source diversity — The story quotes officials from both sides and includes a spokesperson’s response about Plaskett.
- Omitted context — It offers little independent verification or context for the competing claims about the files.
The article’s headline and narration frame Bondi’s conduct harshly and Raskin’s response approvingly. It also includes Bondi’s criticism of Democrats, but the overall presentation favors the Democratic critics.
- Headline — Emphasizes Raskin’s condemnation and describes his response as extraordinary retaliation.
- Language tone — Uses dramatic, condemnatory descriptions of the hearing and Bondi’s handling of the documents.
- Source selection — Includes criticism from Raskin, Khanna, and Massie, while Bondi’s statements are also quoted.
At a House Judiciary Committee hearing on the Epstein documents, Attorney General Pam Bondi insulted Jamie Raskin, who later called her a “disgrace” over her handling of the files. Ro Khanna and Thomas Massie also criticized redactions and the Justice Department’s compliance with the Epstein Files Transparency Act.
The article describes a heated House Judiciary Committee hearing about documents related to Jeffrey Epstein. Bondi called Raskin a “washed-up, loser lawyer” and challenged Democrats over their past comments about President Donald Trump and their attention to Epstein. Raskin criticized Bondi’s management of the documents and called her a “disgrace.”
The article says Khanna and Massie criticized the withholding of names and that Massie presented documents he said showed a “massive failure” to comply with the Epstein Files Transparency Act. It also recounts a report that Stacey Plaskett exchanged texts with Epstein during a 2019 hearing and includes a spokesperson’s explanation that she received messages from members of the public, including Epstein.
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27 OUTLETSAt a House Judiciary Committee hearing, Pam Bondi defended the Justice Department’s handling of the Epstein files as lawmakers questioned her about redactions, disclosures and the department’s process. Left-leaning outlets focus on allegations of mishandling, shielding powerful figures and Bondi’s confrontational responses. Center outlets mostly recount clashes and specific questions about redactions, victim information and file access, often including both Bondi’s defense and lawmakers’ challenges. Right-leaning outlets foreground clashes with Democratic lawmakers and often cast their questioning as partisan, while some emphasize Bondi’s defenses or Republican criticism of the Biden-era Justice Department.
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