WATCH: Sen. Schiff details a list of questions Bondi refused to answer in oversight hearing

Near the end of a hearing with Attorney General Pam Bondi on Tuesday, Sen. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., listed out a number of questions from other Democrats that Bondi had avoided answering during her hourslong testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee.

Schiff turned to this list after Bondi had refused to directly answer his questions and asked if he would “apologize to Donald Trump” for his role in pursuing impeachment against the president.

According to Schiff, Bondi had dodged at least 11 questions, such as whether Trump’s “border czar” Tom Homan kept $50,000 in cash from undercover FBI agents in 2024, or whether he paid taxes on that money. Other topics included whether Trump's name appeared in Epstein documents, legal justification for U.S. military strikes on boats near Venezuela and whether there was insufficient evidence to charge former FBI Director James Comey.

“When will it be that the members of this committee, on a bipartisan basis, demand answers to those questions, and refuse to accept personal slander as an answer to those questions?” Schiff said as Bondi continued to interject.

The oversight hearing, focused on the Department of Justice, comes on the heels of a number of controversial decisions from the agency. That includes the indictment of Comey that came days after Trump directly called on Bondi in a social media post to prosecute hime and other perceived political foes.

Ahead of Bondi’s testimony, more than 280 former DOJ employees wrote a letter urging Congress for more oversight due to the “degradation” of oaths to the Constitution and to upholding the law under the Trump administration.

“Members in both chambers and on both sides of the aisle must provide a meaningful check on the abuses we’re witnessing,” the letter read.

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