WASHINGTON – Attorney General Pam Bondi added to the rising acrimony on Capitol Hill this week, the second of the government shutdown.

Testifying at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, a combative Bondi repeatedly dodged questions from U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar and other Democrats on the panel and lobbed personal attacks on many of those Democrats.

When U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., asked Bondi whether Trump had consulted her before his deployment of National Guard troops to Chicago, Bondi shot back, “I wish you loved Chicago as much as you hate President Trump. If you’re not going to protect your citizens, President Trump will.”

Bondi was dismissive when Klobuchar questioned the star witness.

Klobuchar noted Bondi’s resistance to discussing U.S. Justice Department work. Yet she persi

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