Sen. Coons on AG Bondi Hearing: ‘It Felt More Like a Boxing Ring Than Like a Senatorial Oversight Hearing’

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COONS: “Well, I was really struck, Kasie, by how aggressive, combative that Attorney General Bondi was today, particularly with Democratic senators questioning her. Senator Blumenthal, for example, was right after me, and he asked some of the same questions I had at greater length about the indictment of Jim Comey. And she immediately launched back at him, attacking him with issues raised in his last senatorial campaign that were utterly off the point and had nothing to do with the hearing, but were ad hominem attacks, attacks at him and his truthfulness and his integrity. That repeated a pattern that began with the very first Democrat to question her, Senator Durbin of Illinois, and continued until Senator Schiff of California. So, it was an unusually aggressive and combative performance by Attorney General Bondi. A key part of what the Judiciary Committee does is conduct oversight. And I was glad that we had a long and full oversight hearing today, 10 minutes for each senator ask a wide range of questions. But it felt more like a boxing ring than like a Senatorial oversight hearing.”