JUST IN: Bondi Has Explosive Confrontation With Joe Neguse During Testimony To Judiciary Committee

[0:00] Quote, if you come for law enforcement, the Trump administration will come for you, end quote. [0:05] I want to show you just a brief video. [0:07] It's about 30 seconds, and I'll ask you a couple questions about it. [0:10] Disgusting. [0:14] I'm former law enforcement. [0:15] You're disgusting. [0:17] You are the Nazi. [0:18] You are the Gestapo. [0:19] You can't see it because you're chasing your pension, right? [0:21] Pension. [0:22] Your retirement, right? [0:23] That's what runs your life, your retirement. [0:25] The sad thing is they're not even going to get their pension because it's going to be worthless. [0:29] Shame on you. [0:31] Shame on you. [0:32] Shame on you. [0:33] Attorney General Bondi, that man works for you now, right? [0:53] Who was that, Congressman? [0:55] The man in that video, the one who was in the police-worn body cam footage, [1:01] the one allegedly yelling, kill him, at police officers on January 6th, his name is Jared Wise. [1:07] He does work for us. [1:08] He works for you at the Department of Justice. [1:10] He does. [1:11] This is an individual whom a federal grand jury indicted for two felonies [1:17] and four misdemeanors related to his participation in the attack on January. [1:22] One of those charges was forcibly assaulting, resisting, opposing, impeding, intimidating, and interfering with police [1:28] with the intent to commit another felony. [1:32] This is who you choose as the chief law enforcement officer of the United States of America [1:37] to hire at the Department of Justice. [1:39] Someone on video yelling, kill him, at police officers, right? [1:47] I believe he was pardoned by President Trump. [1:49] Oh, he was pardoned. [1:50] You're right. [1:52] You're right. [1:52] He was pardoned by President Trump for his offense. [1:56] He was pardoned for yelling, kill him, at police officers. [2:00] And yet you expect hardworking police officers across the country to believe [2:05] that you take law enforcement seriously. [2:08] You could imagine the reaction of so many folks across the country [2:14] hearing the chief law enforcement officer of the United States [2:18] refuse to even condemn what that individual whom you've now hired did. [2:25] But in any event, let's talk a little bit about some of the other divisions [2:29] within the department. [2:30] The Department of Justice and what's happened over the last year. [2:32] You're familiar with the Public Integrity Section of the DOJ's Criminal Division. [2:36] I think it's referred to as PIN. [2:38] Is that right? [2:39] Yes. [2:40] Okay. [2:41] Do you know which presidential administration under which the PIN was first created? [2:46] I can tell you what administration that the weaponization was ended under. [2:49] I'll reclaim my time. [2:51] This wasn't a trick question. [2:52] You don't get to reclaim your time. [2:53] Madam Attorney General. [2:54] Madam Attorney General. [2:55] Because I don't like it. [2:56] I don't answer the question the way you like it. [2:57] Mr. Chairman, will you explain to the witness that he does reclaim his time? [2:58] Because I don't answer a question to your satisfaction. [3:01] Mr. Chairman. [3:02] Madam Attorney General, the time belongs to the gentleman from Colorado. [3:05] The president under which PIN was created was Gerald Ford. [3:09] It was created after Watergate. [3:11] I'm not asking a question, Madam Attorney General. [3:13] The administration under which it was created was Gerald Ford. [3:15] When you first started as the Attorney General of the United States, there were 35 people [3:19] working in that office. [3:20] There are now two people working in that office because you have gutted it. [3:23] How many people work for the National Cryptocurrency Enforcement Team in the Criminal Division [3:27] today? [3:32] Can I answer the question about PIN? [3:33] I've asked you a question. [3:35] How many people work — [3:36] How many people work for the National Cryptocurrency Enforcement Team? [3:41] You won't answer how many people? [3:42] I'll answer PIN. [3:43] PIN will not be weaponized. [3:44] You know what? [3:45] Actually, you know what, Madam Attorney General? [3:46] What's funny about this? [3:47] I'll say to the chairman. [3:48] What's funny about this? [3:49] Madam Attorney General, you know what? [3:50] The answer is — [3:51] What's funny about this? [3:52] I understand why the Attorney General does not want to answer the question. [3:55] Because you eliminated the National Cryptocurrency Enforcement Team last year. [3:58] So I understand why you don't want to tell the American people who works there. [4:01] No one works there anymore, Madam Attorney General. [4:02] Yeah, I understand why you don't want to talk about Mohamed Salman in your district. [4:04] In any event — [4:05] Who murdered people. [4:06] Mr. Chairman, will you stop the question? [4:07] It's about the clock, so his time is not wasted by the witness. [4:09] I have been very generous with allowing extra time when we have these little disputes. [4:13] I understand. [4:14] You've got the time to say the goose. [4:15] I might as well ask the chairman these questions. [4:18] I'd be happy to answer some of your questions. [4:20] What's profound — [4:21] What's profound? [4:22] The questions I've asked — [4:23] Profound? [4:24] The crime in your district — [4:25] The questions I've asked, Mr. Chairman, are not trick questions. [4:28] They're not gotcha questions. [4:30] They're actually basic questions about how the Department of Justice functions and the [4:34] unwillingness of this Attorney General to answer them. [4:38] In good faith. [4:39] When a member of Congress asks how many people work at the National Cryptocurrency Enforcement [4:44] Team and the Attorney General refuses to answer it, it is not a coincidence. [4:50] It's because she eliminated the team. [4:52] Why? [4:53] Because her boss, the President of the United States, is making money hand over fist, $1.4 [4:59] billion over the course of the last year through cryptocurrency holdings. [5:04] I think what is happening at the Department of Justice is a disgrace, Mr. Chairman. [5:09] I would urge you to gain control of this hearing. [5:15] With that, I yield back the balance of my time. [5:18] I would ask the gentleman, does he agree with the standing up of the Deputy Attorney General [5:23] for dealing with fraud? [5:25] That's something that's happened in this administration for the first time. [5:27] You talked about PIN. [5:29] That happened with this Justice Department. [5:31] We're talking about this committee. [5:32] Mr. Chairman, had you answered the question, had the Attorney General answered the question [5:36] in that way, perhaps this hearing would have some modicum of resembling? [5:41] Yes. [5:41] That is something that has typically been fairly conventional, an oversight hearing [5:45] of the Department of Justice. [5:46] That is not this. [5:47] The gentleman's time has expired. [5:48] The gentlelady from Wyoming.