A lot of political figures are understandably nervous about facing a U.S. Senate committee probe.

Not Pam Bondi.

In more than four hours of testimony Tuesday to the Senate Judiciary Committee, she responded to the most polite questions with an air of contempt worthy of her boss, President Donald Trump, who tends to react to the idea of accountability as if it were a personal insult, especially when it is requested by Democrats.

Her rude, taunting demeanor in the halls of Congress is not without precedent. Luminaries of the current administration such as Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and FBI Director Kash Patel have all turned in pugnacious performances before committee-room cameras.

Democratic committee members, starting

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