Michael Barbaro

She's getting blasted by Democrats.

As Trump has trained his officials, she gives no inch.

She talks about the Dow being at $5,000, which quickly becomes an internet meme because it's unrelated to her job as attorney general.

And definitely unrelated to the Epstein investigation.

Totally.

She offered few detailed answers.

She had no admission of fault.

And even refuses a request to turn around and apologize to survivors of Jeffrey Epstein who are in the hearing room.

Right.

And then as the hearing goes on... The gentleman from Kentucky is recognized... It's becoming increasingly clear that Republicans, too, are really pressing her... To my right...

And I think what it illustrates is just how much the Epstein issue and the outrage around it is a bipartisan one.

Right.

I actually ended up watching that hearing and I was struck by how many pretty demonstrably partisan Republicans just did not seem eager to lend her a helping hand.

Yeah.

And then last month, five Republicans on that very committee blindsided their own leadership and Pam Bondi joining Democrats to vote to subpoena her to testify under oath behind closed doors about the Epstein case.

Right.

And just to state the obvious, if you're President Trump and you know your own party controls Congress, having that Congress subpoena your attorney general and have...

Them forced to testify under oath about a scandal swirling around your presidency, Jeffrey Epstein, his emails, in which Trump himself is named a lot.

That is not ideal.

Definitely not.