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Pam Bondi Roasted By Lawmakers For Bringing A ‘Mean Girls’-Like ‘Burn Book’ To Hearing

We’re honestly surprised the words “fugly ****” never came out of her mouth.

Attorney General Pam Bondi appeared before the House Judiciary Committee for questioning over the Justice Department’s latest (and possibly shadiest) release of the Jeffrey Epstein files — and it seems she brought something special with her to help deflect responsibility.

While testifying, Bondi could be seen furiously flipping though a binderfilled with prepared and individualized insults to hurl at Democrats at the hearing.

Attorney General Pam Bondi, left, and the burn book from “Mean Girls,” right.

Attorney General Pam Bondi, left, and the burn book from “Mean Girls,” right. Getty

The binder, which has since been dubbed a “Mean Girls”-like “burn book,” was such a cartoonishly bad look that lawmakers on both sides of the aisle mocked Bondi for it.

Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) — whom Bondi accused of having “Trump Derangement Syndrome” during the hearing — took his roast to X.

“A funny thing about Bondi’s insults to members of Congress who had serious questions: Staff literally gave her flash cards with individualized insults,” Massie wrote. “But she couldn’t memorize them, so you can see her shuffle through them to find the flash-cards-insult that matches the member.”

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Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D-Fla.) opted to call out Bondi to her face during the hearing by taking his final few moments to ask her about her little “burn book.”

“Flip to the Jared Moskowitz section,” he said while pointing to her binder with a smirk on his face. “I’m interested to see what staff provided on the oppo on me.”

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Flipping over a small white board, Moskowitz explained that since the Winter Olympics are currently in full swing, he was going to “grade” her insult on him like the judges scoring each sporting event.

“So, give me your best one!” Moskowitz grinned as other lawmakers laughed in the background. 

During the hearing, Moskowitz sat beside a stack of books that included a President Donald Trump-endorsed Bible. Earlier in his remarks, Moskowitz used the bible as a prop to make a larger point about the number of times the president’s name pops up in the Epstein files.

“Trump’s name appears more times in the Epstein files than God’s name appears in the book about God,” Moskowitz said while holding the Bible. “By the way, this is the Trump Bible. Move over, King James.” 

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Bondi avoided the remark about Trump by chastising Moskowitz for using the Bible for a bit.

“Nothing is funny about mocking the Bible,” she sneered. “And holding up a Trump Bible. …That’s what you did! You made a joke, and I find offense to that. That’s all I have to say. Shame.”

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