'What's The Lie?': Cory Booker Calls Out Pam Bondi's Shifting Claims About Epstein Files

At today's Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) demanded answers on the Epstein Files.

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00:0098 say aye. Mr. Grassley, Mr. Grassley, I'm sorry I was trying to be

00:06recognized. Go ahead. Yes, first of all I want to express the top a lot of

00:10frustration that the DOJ is scraping money back from some states. I've made

00:16this point multiple times but it's very frustrating to me that my state is being

00:23denied these type of grants while other states are. We're seeing a big

00:29frustration across New Jersey that very thoughtful grants that could be saving

00:38lives and being substantively helpful are being denied. And with that frustration I

00:45want to call up an amendment. I'd like to call up my amendment number ALL25698.

00:54Mr. Chairman, this amendment would allow S1098 to take effect on the date when the

01:02Attorney General makes public all unclassified files, flight logs,

01:07correspondence, and evidence related to Jeffrey Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell, and

01:13their associates. The Department of Justice we know clearly has lied to the

01:18American people one way or another. Attorney General Bondi said that there

01:24were truckloads of evidence from the Epstein files and the Epstein list, leading

01:29people to believe that there was criminal activity that they had evidence of. I know

01:34Bovee, who we're talking about, was part of this. We found out yesterday that the

01:39President is mentioned several times in the Epstein files and he was briefed on it

01:43back in May when he said he was not told to that. Then in July, suddenly the DOJ and the

01:50FBI said there was nothing additional to disclose. So what's the lie? That there are

01:55truckloads of evidence and this DOJ is protecting those associates with this horrific crime? That

02:00Mr. Bovee, a Third Circuit nominee, is part of that cover-up? Or is the lie that there is

02:05nothing there at all? Let's just find out. This is simply asking for disclosure and transparency,

02:12and I'd like to offer that amendment.

02:13Mr. Chair, Parliamentary Enquirer, Mr. Chair, down here.