Pam Bondi

I mean, the memo goes on and on and on about the FBI's plans to put assets into Catholic parishes, into choirs. This is an unbelievable, unbelievable assault on Americans' First Amendment rights, and we only know of it because of a brave whistleblower. who came forward and released it to us.

I mean, the memo goes on and on and on about the FBI's plans to put assets into Catholic parishes, into choirs. This is an unbelievable, unbelievable assault on Americans' First Amendment rights, and we only know of it because of a brave whistleblower. who came forward and released it to us.

And I will tell you, I have never been misled and lied to like I was by the current attorney general and the now former FBI director when they sat right where you're sitting now and told this committee, oh, we don't know anything about it. Oh, only one field office was involved. It was the single work of a single field office and a very few individuals. As it turns out, that's not true.

And I will tell you, I have never been misled and lied to like I was by the current attorney general and the now former FBI director when they sat right where you're sitting now and told this committee, oh, we don't know anything about it. Oh, only one field office was involved. It was the single work of a single field office and a very few individuals. As it turns out, that's not true.

Multiple field offices were involved. Multiple individuals were involved. Under your leadership, will you put a stop to the use of FBI or Department of Justice resources to try and recruit informants and spies into Christian churches or any church or house of worship in this country on the basis of nothing more than faith?

Multiple field offices were involved. Multiple individuals were involved. Under your leadership, will you put a stop to the use of FBI or Department of Justice resources to try and recruit informants and spies into Christian churches or any church or house of worship in this country on the basis of nothing more than faith?

Let me just say this. To our knowledge, no one who was involved in the writing and performance execution of this memo has been disciplined or fired. Will you conduct an investigation like you talked about, Ms. Bondy, that will get to the bottom of abuses like this? And to be clear, this is an outrageous abuse. It is an outrageous abuse.

Let me just say this. To our knowledge, no one who was involved in the writing and performance execution of this memo has been disciplined or fired. Will you conduct an investigation like you talked about, Ms. Bondy, that will get to the bottom of abuses like this? And to be clear, this is an outrageous abuse. It is an outrageous abuse.

One of the worst abuses of Department of Justice and FBI authority in our history. Will you conduct an investigation to find out who signed off on this, who approved it, who advocated for it within the Department of Justice? Will you open the books? on these abuses so that the American people can have confidence in their DOJ?

One of the worst abuses of Department of Justice and FBI authority in our history. Will you conduct an investigation to find out who signed off on this, who approved it, who advocated for it within the Department of Justice? Will you open the books? on these abuses so that the American people can have confidence in their DOJ?

Fantastic. And will you work with this committee and our relevant subcommittees? I'm going to chair a subcommittee called the Crime and Terrorism Committee. We're going to do our own investigation into what happened here at the FBI and the DOJ. Will you work with us as you discover?

Fantastic. And will you work with this committee and our relevant subcommittees? I'm going to chair a subcommittee called the Crime and Terrorism Committee. We're going to do our own investigation into what happened here at the FBI and the DOJ. Will you work with us as you discover?

The nature of these abuses, and as you put a stop to them, will you work with us to make sure the American people get all the facts and this never happens again?

The nature of these abuses, and as you put a stop to them, will you work with us to make sure the American people get all the facts and this never happens again?

That's fantastic. Let me ask you one other question here in my just few seconds that are remaining. This memo, this memo targeting Catholic parishes repeatedly refers to as an expert source, a group called the Southern Poverty Law Center.

That's fantastic. Let me ask you one other question here in my just few seconds that are remaining. This memo, this memo targeting Catholic parishes repeatedly refers to as an expert source, a group called the Southern Poverty Law Center.

Now, the Southern Poverty Law Center has a long history as an anti-religious group that has repeatedly gone after conservative and religious organizations, called them hate groups, called them sometimes terrorist groups. They're cited in this memo. They once infamously, the SPLC, called the Family Research Council a terrorist hate group, and an armed gunman came into their lobby and opened fire.

Now, the Southern Poverty Law Center has a long history as an anti-religious group that has repeatedly gone after conservative and religious organizations, called them hate groups, called them sometimes terrorist groups. They're cited in this memo. They once infamously, the SPLC, called the Family Research Council a terrorist hate group, and an armed gunman came into their lobby and opened fire.

Will you put a stop to the use of the SPLC? as an official source for any Department of Justice memorandum or finding.

Will you put a stop to the use of the SPLC? as an official source for any Department of Justice memorandum or finding.