A recent Senate Judiciary Committee hearing saw a tense exchange between US Attorney General Pam Bondi and Illinois Democratic Senator Dick Durbin regarding documents related to the late financier Jeffrey Epstein, specifically the so-called “client list” and flight logs.
The confrontation began when Senator Durbin questioned Bondi about a previous public claim she made suggesting the Epstein “client list” was “sitting” on her desk for review earlier this year. Durbin asserted that the documents Bondi subsequently produced were “already public information and no client list.”
Bondi immediately pushed back on Durbin’s characterization of her statement. She claimed she had actually said she had “yet to review” the documents and maintained that no “Epstein client list” exists among the materials she possessed.
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The exchange escalated as Bondi redirected the scrutiny toward Senator Durbin, questioning his past actions regarding the release of Epstein’s flight logs. Bondi accused Durbin of having “refused repeated Republican requests to release the Epstein flight logs in 2023 and 2024.”
Durbin disputed Bondi’s claim, stating it was inaccurate. “I did not refuse,” Durbin countered. He alleged that a Republican senator had expressed interest in producing the logs, and he requested she “put it in writing,” which he claimed she never did. Durbin appeared to be referencing Republican Senator Marsha Blackburn.
Senator Blackburn (R-TN), a committee member, then interjected to challenge Durbin’s account. “I would really appreciate the opportunity to correct the record,” Blackburn said, asserting that Durbin “knows I repeatedly asked for those flight logs, I brought up the subpoena.” She claimed Durbin “even shut down the committee because you didn’t want that,” and affirmed that she had “submitted that in writing.”
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Senator Durbin maintained his position, insisting that Senator Blackburn failed to officially commit her request to writing.
The back-and-forth left the issue of the release of the flight logs and the existence of a “client list” unresolved during the hearing.
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