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Related: About this forumWhitehouse Exposes Unequal Accountability at DOJ After Bondi Testimony - Liberal Lens
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse delivers a blistering rebuke of Attorney General Pam Bondi, calling her testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee an awful day for the institution and raising serious concerns about truthfulness, accountability, and double standards at the Department of Justice.
Whitehouse points to a striking contrast: one day after a former FBI official was arraigned for allegedly making false statements to Congress, the Attorney General herself made claims that were easily verifiable and demonstrably false including allegations about campaign contributions that public Federal Election Commission records directly contradict.
The senator also details how Bondi failed to correct or clarify multiple false statements made by the current FBI Director regarding his grand jury testimony in the Mar-a-Lago investigation, including claims about court orders, sealed testimony, and public release of transcripts. According to Whitehouse, a federal judge later confirmed that no court order prevented the director from discussing his testimony, directly undermining what the committee had been told.
This video breaks down why Whitehouse says the real issue is not politics, but whether Congress and the DOJ will apply the same standards to everyone regardless of party or position. If false statements to Congress are treated as serious offenses, Whitehouse argues, that standard must apply equally, or institutional credibility collapses.
Watch the full breakdown, understand whats at stake for congressional oversight, and decide whether accountability is being enforced consistently at the highest levels of government. - 12/13/2025.
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Whitehouse Exposes Unequal Accountability at DOJ After Bondi Testimony - Liberal Lens (Original Post)
Rhiannon12866
Dec 13
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angryxyouth
(332 posts)1. The AI lady doesn't know who she's listening to
It is Sheldon Whitehouse not Adam Schiff.
Rhiannon12866
(252,158 posts)2. You're right...
