The attorney general clashed with Democrats over Trump, Epstein, and the ‘weaponization’ of the justice department The attorney general clashed with Democrats over Trump, Epstein, and the ‘weaponization’ of the justice department I n an often tense hearing before the Senate judiciary committee on Tuesday, the US attorney general, Pam Bondi, stood accused by Democrats of weaponizing the US Department of Justice, “fundamentally transforming” the department, and leaving “an enormous stain on