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BumRushDaShow

(152,671 posts)
Fri May 9, 2025, 07:13 AM May 9

Attorney General Pam Bondi Was Secretly Recorded in Attempted Gotcha Meeting Arranged by James O'Keefe

Source: MEDIAite

May 8th, 2025, 10:01 pm


U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi was secretly recorded discussing the FBI’s files on late serial sex offender Jeffrey Epstein during a sting conducted by conservative activist James O’Keefe.

In a video published by O’Keefe on Thursday, Bondi could be seen telling an undercover journalist that the FBI was processing “tens of thousands of videos” of Epstein “with little kids.”

Seemingly in an effort to beat O’Keefe’s story, Bondi made a similar statement at the White House on Wednesday, telling reporters, “There are tens of thousands of videos of Epstein with children or child porn” – in effect voiding O’Keefe’s scoop.

“Yesterday, Attorney General of the United States Pam Bondi was at the White House and disclosed what she represented as brand new information in relation to Jeffrey Epstein: the existence of tens of thousands of videos featuring little children,” said O’Keefe in his video on Thursday. “Now, this is the first time an official has publicly acknowledged that videos of Epstein and his victims exist. What you may not know is just nine days prior, the attorney general had a very similar conversation with a total stranger in a restaurant.”

Read more: https://www.mediaite.com/politics/attorney-general-pam-bondi-was-secretly-recorded-in-attempted-gotcha-meeting-arranged-by-james-okeefe/






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AG Pam Bondi Was Covertly Recorded on April 28, Revealing Previously Undisclosed Information About Epstein Regarding 'Tens of Thousands of Videos of Little Kids' to a Complete Stranger in a D.C. Restaurant

Yesterday, the AG Made an Almost Identical Statement Publicly After Show more
7:45 PM · May 8, 2025


After he got kicked out of Project Veritas, one of his remaining 9 lives kicked in and he is back in business. Whoda thunk it would be against "his own"???

For some reason, the RW loonosphere has gone apeshit crazy over the Epstein thing.
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Attorney General Pam Bondi Was Secretly Recorded in Attempted Gotcha Meeting Arranged by James O'Keefe (Original Post) BumRushDaShow May 9 OP
Release the recording, James. sop May 9 #1
His recording is in that Xitter post BumRushDaShow May 9 #6
Thanks sop May 9 #10
No problem! BumRushDaShow May 9 #13
Not a great idea creeksneakers2 May 9 #34
They prosecute crimes of child pornography and pedophiia all the time while protecting the victims' identities. sop May 9 #37
Sure - name the offenders. creeksneakers2 May 9 #38
I wonder how many videos there are of Dump himself? Dave Bowman May 9 #2
I don't want to know. littlemissmartypants May 9 #48
I wouldn't mind knowing how many there are. ShazzieB May 9 #58
It the late Epstein helps knock the truth into MAGA heads, spread it. Kid Berwyn May 9 #3
*rump leans in, Malignia leans away NBachers May 9 #40
Drug-induced paralysis must come later. Kid Berwyn May 9 #44
There's no doubt she's high in that picture. littlemissmartypants May 9 #49
They have to sift through them first to remove any video incriminating those in the repug party mdbl May 9 #4
Or work on the AI to try and implicate Democrats. hadEnuf May 9 #5
or UBER Rich, and Politcians....... DENVERPOPS May 9 #39
Something is not quite right here johnnyfins May 9 #7
"if they only implicate Dems, it's horseshit" BumRushDaShow May 9 #8
I expect that it will be edited TimeToGo May 9 #23
Pam Bondi just pulls numbers out of her butt, just like the millions of lives saved by confiscating fentanyl. travelingthrulife May 9 #15
MAGAts are dumber than a bag of hammers... GiqueCee May 9 #21
Yes. exboyfil May 9 #22
This is the same person who claimed Trump saved 258 million lives... Prairie Gates May 9 #29
Prolly from the safe in his NY townhouse not fooled May 9 #33
I wondered that too. creeksneakers2 May 9 #35
Sounds like they know who this "total stranger" is. I wonder how long it'll take for that name to leak out. TheRickles May 9 #9
This is so dumb. They obviously staged the "sting" Mr.WeRP May 9 #11
Everything that O'Keefe has done is "staged" BumRushDaShow May 9 #14
They believe in their twisted minds... littlemissmartypants May 9 #51
I suspect they are going after its perceived enemies. mwmisses4289 May 9 #12
The right wing echo chamber is fixated on Epstein because . . . AverageOldGuy May 9 #16
I'm sure O'Keefe will peddle deep fakes mzmolly May 9 #17
Makes me think O'Keefe will end up like Epstein pretty quickly rurallib May 9 #18
As much as I despise... GiqueCee May 9 #19
O'Keefe "going after his own"? When you want big fish.... JohnnyRingo May 9 #20
He's getting ready to set up Democrats mzmolly May 9 #24
They could have done that as soon as she was confirmed and got access BumRushDaShow May 9 #26
IMO, she didn't release information because it implicated mzmolly May 9 #28
Yes BumRushDaShow May 9 #31
I hope you're right about mzmolly May 9 #42
I think what has happened in the past 4 months BumRushDaShow May 9 #43
Boy do I agree! mzmolly May 9 #46
Makes me think there could be "Is he dead yet?" threads for that O'Keefe bastard. calimary May 9 #25
It's just their newest excuse as to why they haven't released the files. Clouds Passing May 9 #27
So first, yes James and Pam. We already knew what the tapes show. Second, I sincerely Scrivener7 May 9 #30
She Didn't Know Who He Was? Deep State Witch May 9 #32
The pimp costume should've been a clue. n/t Harker May 9 #57
The MAGAts think evidence will reveal complicity by Bill Clinton. More probably, Trump will be implicated. Martin68 May 9 #36
She hasn't released them because Trump and the party are busy ransoming those on the tape (for money and favors). chowder66 May 9 #41
It's like George Santos threatening to expose Marjorie Taylor Greene struggle4progress May 9 #45
Cue the bans/tariffs on recording devices Montauk6 May 9 #47
Tens of thousands of kids? No videos here! Marcuse May 9 #50
I'd love it if she threw O'Keefe in jail Renew Deal May 9 #52
WITH A TOTAL STRANGER? Jimvanhise May 9 #53
Somehow I doubt this jmowreader May 9 #54
Kash is looking hard into all those videos. Historic NY May 9 #55
Self-gratification? czarjak May 9 #62
They really seem to be into pedophilia Kali May 9 #56
Why would he conduct a sting on his own party? Initech May 9 #59
For some bizarre reason BumRushDaShow May 9 #60
If anything is released... Kablooie May 9 #61

BumRushDaShow

(152,671 posts)
13. No problem!
Fri May 9, 2025, 08:36 AM
May 9

Didn't realize he really did manufacture a whole new media outlet!

I suppose he'll be asking for press credentials soon.

sop

(14,244 posts)
37. They prosecute crimes of child pornography and pedophiia all the time while protecting the victims' identities.
Fri May 9, 2025, 11:46 AM
May 9

Bondi needs to release the names of all the men (and women) seen on Epstein's videos who are guilty of such crimes. Obviously, Epstein's videos shouldn't be put on the internet for all to see.

creeksneakers2

(7,667 posts)
38. Sure - name the offenders.
Fri May 9, 2025, 11:50 AM
May 9

Even if the victims are blurred out they still would have endure millions of people witnessing their rape. And if everything is blurred out then what is the point of releasing?

My guess is this is all a hoax.

littlemissmartypants

(27,710 posts)
48. I don't want to know.
Fri May 9, 2025, 02:56 PM
May 9

As a matter of fact, I have seen beyond enough videos of him already.



❤️RESIST!! ✊️

ShazzieB

(20,684 posts)
58. I wouldn't mind knowing how many there are.
Fri May 9, 2025, 07:15 PM
May 9

I would never, never, EVER want to see them, but that's a whole separate question.

Kid Berwyn

(20,376 posts)
3. It the late Epstein helps knock the truth into MAGA heads, spread it.
Fri May 9, 2025, 07:22 AM
May 9


Especially something so grotesque it can’t be un-seen.



Which is why Rupert Murdoch made certain Fox TV cut Trump out of the above when Ghislaine Maxwell was on trial.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/fox-news-apologizes-for-editing-trump-out-of-photo-with-jeffrey-epstein-and-ghislaine-maxwell

Kid Berwyn

(20,376 posts)
44. Drug-induced paralysis must come later.
Fri May 9, 2025, 01:45 PM
May 9

The lights are on, but nobody home can do anything about it.



Bet that two fellahs who ran in the same circles— Bill Cosby and Harvey Weinstein — shared sources, notes and methods on pharmaceuticals with Epstein and Trump.

mdbl

(6,483 posts)
4. They have to sift through them first to remove any video incriminating those in the repug party
Fri May 9, 2025, 07:36 AM
May 9

hadEnuf

(3,197 posts)
5. Or work on the AI to try and implicate Democrats.
Fri May 9, 2025, 07:53 AM
May 9

In other news, O'Keefe is a piece of shit.

DENVERPOPS

(12,209 posts)
39. or UBER Rich, and Politcians.......
Fri May 9, 2025, 12:21 PM
May 9

The only thing that would bring these assholes down would be them doing shit with children............

You can bet your sweet asses that none of these will ever see the light of day for that reason alone.

Trump is being blackmailed by Putin with something that would destroy him if released......

I suspect Lindsay Graham was shown a photo of him, that was given to Trump by Putin, that got Lindsay to overnight start worshipping every thing Trump did or said......

Just look at those flying around on Epstein's sex flights and probably visiting his isolated sex compound....Bill Gates, Bill Clinton, etc

Hell, Melinda Gates finally said that the thing that triggered their break up, was that she did it, after five years of telling Bill it didn't look good for him befriending Epstein and flying all over with him on Epstein's private jet...

We never saw Heidi Fleis' black book either.......

I am sure Ghislaine (Sp?) could write volumes about things she was involved in and saw.....and even better, WHO was doing them....

johnnyfins

(2,084 posts)
7. Something is not quite right here
Fri May 9, 2025, 08:16 AM
May 9

Tens of thousands? Where/ Who did they come from? When did the DOJ get their hands on them? Were they seized when TSF had Barr raid Epstein's Manhattan mansion?

One thing is for sure, if they only implicate Dems, it's horseshit and it just means that any videos with repugs were trashed.

BumRushDaShow

(152,671 posts)
8. "if they only implicate Dems, it's horseshit"
Fri May 9, 2025, 08:29 AM
May 9

I expect the majority are NOT political figures/elected officials but are probably including a number of entertainers/celebrities/sports figures/high-end business executives, etc.

TimeToGo

(1,419 posts)
23. I expect that it will be edited
Fri May 9, 2025, 09:34 AM
May 9

I may be wrong, but I think we will see only people Trump doesn’t like or doesn’t care about.

travelingthrulife

(2,314 posts)
15. Pam Bondi just pulls numbers out of her butt, just like the millions of lives saved by confiscating fentanyl.
Fri May 9, 2025, 08:54 AM
May 9

MAGAs do not understand math or big numbers.

GiqueCee

(2,221 posts)
21. MAGAts are dumber than a bag of hammers...
Fri May 9, 2025, 09:22 AM
May 9

... Ain't a man among 'em who can count to 21 with his shoes on.

exboyfil

(18,225 posts)
22. Yes.
Fri May 9, 2025, 09:23 AM
May 9

You know you aren't dealing with a professional when they engage in hyperbole. Over a 100 possible but more than that? Highly unlikely. Now his collection could be a lot more kids since apparently pedophiles send it arround like baseball cards.

Of course one is too many, and I don't care who it is doing that to kids - they need to spend significant time in jail.

Prairie Gates

(5,073 posts)
29. This is the same person who claimed Trump saved 258 million lives...
Fri May 9, 2025, 10:12 AM
May 9

Numbers don't seem to be her strong suit.

not fooled

(6,281 posts)
33. Prolly from the safe in his NY townhouse
Fri May 9, 2025, 11:29 AM
May 9

Apparently he videoed many, many encounters including between the young victims and "friends" of Epstein.

creeksneakers2

(7,667 posts)
35. I wondered that too.
Fri May 9, 2025, 11:38 AM
May 9

Wouldn't have been very smart of Epstein to create all that evidence against himself. And who would take the videos? Why wasn't this brought out before? I think this is probably a hoax.

TheRickles

(2,744 posts)
9. Sounds like they know who this "total stranger" is. I wonder how long it'll take for that name to leak out.
Fri May 9, 2025, 08:31 AM
May 9

BumRushDaShow

(152,671 posts)
14. Everything that O'Keefe has done is "staged"
Fri May 9, 2025, 08:40 AM
May 9

But for some wild reason, the MAGat crowd IS livid about this whole Epstein thing and have been demanding why "everything" hasn't been released after Bondi's grand announcement months ago, promising TO release "everything" (and she didn't). It's truly bizarre.

littlemissmartypants

(27,710 posts)
51. They believe in their twisted minds...
Fri May 9, 2025, 03:03 PM
May 9

That the "Biden Crime Family" has a representative in every frame.

❤️RESIST!! ✊️

AverageOldGuy

(2,589 posts)
16. The right wing echo chamber is fixated on Epstein because . . .
Fri May 9, 2025, 08:58 AM
May 9

. . . they are convinced “the Epstein tapes” are filled with Bill and Hillary Clinton doing nasty things to children.

mzmolly

(52,154 posts)
17. I'm sure O'Keefe will peddle deep fakes
Fri May 9, 2025, 09:00 AM
May 9

Last edited Fri May 9, 2025, 09:38 AM - Edit history (1)

related to this bullshit before long.

This feels very orchestrated to me. It feeds right into this whole Q propaganda, bull.

Donald Trump reportedly raped a child with Epstein. The right wing protects Trump by asserting that Democrats are every bit as depraved.

GiqueCee

(2,221 posts)
19. As much as I despise...
Fri May 9, 2025, 09:18 AM
May 9

... Pam Bondi, James O'Keefe by far eclipses her as a lower life form. There is no bottom to his cesspool of malice and depravity.

JohnnyRingo

(19,932 posts)
20. O'Keefe "going after his own"? When you want big fish....
Fri May 9, 2025, 09:18 AM
May 9

...you cast your line into a well stocked lake.
The snake O'Keefe was desperate for a return to fame and went to where the scandals are rife.

He wore out the Clinton / abortion angles.

BumRushDaShow

(152,671 posts)
26. They could have done that as soon as she was confirmed and got access
Fri May 9, 2025, 09:52 AM
May 9

while making her big announcement that when she did get access, she would "release everything" (most likely before she found out it wasn't what they thought).

This is why they are pissed because like the QAnon nuts who were supposed to see their God Emperor installed "by (fill in the date) " back in 2021, they are not going to find what their fantasy universe has concocted.

mzmolly

(52,154 posts)
28. IMO, she didn't release information because it implicated
Fri May 9, 2025, 10:03 AM
May 9

Trump and other Republicans. But they’d still like to use Epstein against Democrats somehow. So, O’Keefe and Bondi will float this bullshit and there will be mass misinformation surrounding what is supposedly in these tapes and it will falsely implicate Democrats - Twitter will have a field day.

They’re probably waiting until closer to the 2026 elections before they really stir up the lies.

BumRushDaShow

(152,671 posts)
31. Yes
Fri May 9, 2025, 10:37 AM
May 9

but she is playing with fire because info on their "target" Democrats - notably Clinton - has already been released in previous tranches and the MAGats are thinking there is more because they manufactured their own CTs and had been blaming the Biden admin for not releasing it. So in swoops THEIR administration guru and what happened? Nada.

This is why they are pissed with her making a production about it and then providing nothing not already released. The stringing them along until 2026 isn't going to fly because they have been strung along since Shrub's AG Mukasey when it all broke 20 years ago, and later under 45's then-AG - Bill Barr.

mzmolly

(52,154 posts)
42. I hope you're right about
Fri May 9, 2025, 01:05 PM
May 9

this not being effective. But myth is what drives these idiots to the polls for as long as I can remember.

BumRushDaShow

(152,671 posts)
43. I think what has happened in the past 4 months
Fri May 9, 2025, 01:41 PM
May 9

SHOULD drive US "to the polls", and if anything, WAY more than THEM.

mzmolly

(52,154 posts)
46. Boy do I agree!
Fri May 9, 2025, 02:12 PM
May 9

Too bad Republicans don't vote on actual issues. If they voted in their own interest, and not based upon unfounded fox driven fears, there would never be another Republican elected to office.

calimary

(86,313 posts)
25. Makes me think there could be "Is he dead yet?" threads for that O'Keefe bastard.
Fri May 9, 2025, 09:40 AM
May 9

And I’d thoroughly enjoy reading every single one!

Clouds Passing

(4,789 posts)
27. It's just their newest excuse as to why they haven't released the files.
Fri May 9, 2025, 09:56 AM
May 9

Think about it, O’Keefe is a tool of the R party. He’s no objective journalist.

Scrivener7

(55,714 posts)
30. So first, yes James and Pam. We already knew what the tapes show. Second, I sincerely
Fri May 9, 2025, 10:14 AM
May 9

doubt they're delaying the release because of due diligence. There is no question in my mind they're using the time to cull them so Mump and the republiQans don't show up in them.

Just like the Muller report "totally exonerated trump" so will the Epstein files when they're finally released with lots of strange time lapses.

Deep State Witch

(11,797 posts)
32. She Didn't Know Who He Was?
Fri May 9, 2025, 10:41 AM
May 9

I mean, he's a RW darling! And she didn't know who he was? Even if she did, she didn't think that there was the possibility of being recorded?

Idiot.

Martin68

(25,772 posts)
36. The MAGAts think evidence will reveal complicity by Bill Clinton. More probably, Trump will be implicated.
Fri May 9, 2025, 11:45 AM
May 9

As for the child porn thing, that sounds rather doubtful to me.

chowder66

(10,538 posts)
41. She hasn't released them because Trump and the party are busy ransoming those on the tape (for money and favors).
Fri May 9, 2025, 12:47 PM
May 9

struggle4progress

(123,159 posts)
45. It's like George Santos threatening to expose Marjorie Taylor Greene
Fri May 9, 2025, 02:09 PM
May 9

Neither James nor Pam has any credibility

They can all stick their heads up their backsides and jump off the pier

Jimvanhise

(425 posts)
53. WITH A TOTAL STRANGER?
Fri May 9, 2025, 03:31 PM
May 9

Why would she make these claims to a total stranger? Tens of thousands sounds fake. A couple hundred would be more believable. The thing is the FBI raided Epstein's Florida mansion and they stated that any computers which had been there were missing. I'm sure somebody has them, but not the FBI.

jmowreader

(52,288 posts)
54. Somehow I doubt this
Fri May 9, 2025, 04:55 PM
May 9

Everyone knows Epstein was the scum of the earth. Problem is, he was also hella smart - smart enough to not have allowed videos like this to be made. Epstein was smart enough to save Trump from himself in the financials department...Epstein's financial management was the only thing keeping Trump rich, and Trump's bank account went to shit when Epstein finally figured out what a crook Trump is and dumped him. You need a huge brain to keep a guy who had his toilet gold-plated from going broke.

BumRushDaShow

(152,671 posts)
60. For some bizarre reason
Fri May 9, 2025, 08:37 PM
May 9

the MAGats were expecting "a full disclosure of 'the Epstein Files'" once they had their own people in and Bondi made a production about doing just that... but then she didn't release anything really "new". Now they are pissed.

And O'Keefe had gone so far off the rails that the outfit he created literally kicked him out so he created a new one!

Kablooie

(18,897 posts)
61. If anything is released...
Fri May 9, 2025, 11:40 PM
May 9

you can be sure that no important Republican will be part of it.
(Unless Trump is upset with them)

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