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erronis

(20,763 posts)
Wed Jun 25, 2025, 04:24 PM Jun 25

Pam Bondi denies knowing Ice agents wore masks during raids despite video evidence

Source: The Guardian

At hearing, US attorney general claims she’s unaware of reports that officials have hid their faces during roundups

The attorney general, Pam Bondi, professed ignorance of reports of immigration officials hiding their faces with masks during roundups of undocumented people, despite widespread video evidence and reports that they are instilling pervasive fear and panic.

Challenged at a Wednesday Capitol Hill subcommittee hearing by Gary Peters, a Democratic senator for Michigan, Bondi, who as the country’s top law officer has a prominent role in the Trump administration’s hardline immigration policy, implied she was unaware of plain-clothed agents concealing their faces while carrying out arrests but suggested it was for self-protection.

“I do know they are being doxxed … they’re being threatened,” she told Peters. “Their families are being threatened.”

...

“The public risk being harmed by individuals pretending to be immigration enforcement, which has already happened,” he told Bondi. “And these officers also risk being injured by individuals who think they’re basically being kidnapped or attacked by some unknown assailant.

“People think: ‘Here’s a person coming up to me, not identified, covering themselves. They’re kidnapping.’ They’ll probably fight back. That endangers the officer as well, and that’s a serious situation. People need to know that they’re dealing with a federal law enforcement official.”

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/25/ag-pam-bondi-ice-masks-raids

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Pam Bondi denies knowing Ice agents wore masks during raids despite video evidence (Original Post) erronis Jun 25 OP
Bondi is a trump class liar. yourout Jun 25 #1
Don't believe your lying eyes IronLionZion Jun 25 #2
What happened next? ShazzieB Jun 25 #22
They left because they didn't want to show ID to prove they were ICE. IronLionZion Jun 26 #31
Great! ShazzieB Jun 26 #41
Calling local police can help IronLionZion Jun 26 #42
Lying is standard procedure for MAGA - praise jesus. walkingman Jun 25 #3
Bondi should never be UpInArms Jun 25 #4
It's What They Call "Eyes-Off" Management!! The Roux Comes First Jun 25 #5
She's Rebl2 Jun 25 #6
"...being doxxed...they're being threatened"... Wuddles440 Jun 25 #7
If they aren't, they should be! Jilly_in_VA Jun 25 #10
"...being doxxed...they're being threatened" speak easy Jun 25 #21
So she is as STUPID as we all thought she was. Fla Dem Jun 25 #8
We had her for 8 years here in Florida as our AG..her resume should have been enough to show Deuxcents Jun 25 #26
Deny, Ignore, Fabricate and Project, that's what gqpers do, that's who they are! Clouds Passing Jun 25 #9
She's a pathological liar Quanto Magnus Jun 25 #11
She is onboard to enable the "Authoritarian Breakthrough"............ turbinetree Jun 25 #12
This orangecrush Jun 25 #17
Telling lies. It seems it's the only thing this administration is competent at executing. littlemissmartypants Jun 25 #13
Ice Agents Are Cowards MissouriDem47 Jun 25 #14
Those are not ICE agents orangecrush Jun 25 #18
Oh yes bdamomma Jun 26 #37
pam bondi AltairIV Jun 25 #15
Number 3? liberalgunwilltravel Jun 25 #16
Watch any TV at all Blondi? JHC you lie as you breathe. Evolve Dammit Jun 25 #19
Well now that the trump class liar, knows that they do republianmushroom Jun 25 #20
Her nose would be a mile long now if she had the Pinocchio syndrome of a nose growing when lying! kimbutgar Jun 25 #23
A lot bdamomma Jun 26 #36
So she is not only a liar but now we find out she is blind and extending the lies about.... usaf-vet Jun 25 #24
Trump surrounds himself by "only the best". Gimpyknee Jun 25 #25
I was in Austria during the war Johonny Jun 25 #27
When she says they are being doxed. Figarosmom Jun 25 #28
So now she knows CanonRay Jun 25 #29
This message was self-deleted by its author wcmagumba Jun 25 #30
What a lying POS!! InAbLuEsTaTe Jun 26 #32
So, sheshe2 Jun 26 #33
THIS IS WRONG!!!!! BurnDoubt Jun 26 #34
Pam Bondi bdamomma Jun 26 #35
She's a fucking liar and pond scum as well. augyboston Jun 26 #38
She's been on the Trump payroll The Wizard Jun 26 #39
My theory: markbark Jun 26 #40

IronLionZion

(49,517 posts)
2. Don't believe your lying eyes
Wed Jun 25, 2025, 04:29 PM
Jun 25


Why do anything for armed dudes who won't show a badge or ID? There have been instances where people told masked dipshits to show ID or GTFO.

ShazzieB

(21,209 posts)
22. What happened next?
Wed Jun 25, 2025, 10:06 PM
Jun 25
There have been instances where people told masked dipshits to show ID or GTFO.


Did the masked dismiss actually do either of those things? Just wondering.

ShazzieB

(21,209 posts)
41. Great!
Thu Jun 26, 2025, 12:08 PM
Jun 26

Last edited Thu Jun 26, 2025, 06:14 PM - Edit history (1)

I had not heard about that -- very glad to hear it worked!

I hope word gets around, and more people do that. I hate the way those thugs are terrorizing this country.

IronLionZion

(49,517 posts)
42. Calling local police can help
Thu Jun 26, 2025, 01:03 PM
Jun 26

but this only works if it's fake ICE, bounty hunters, militia dipshits, etc. Real ICE probably won't care if you call the cops.

The Roux Comes First

(1,754 posts)
5. It's What They Call "Eyes-Off" Management!!
Wed Jun 25, 2025, 04:32 PM
Jun 25

Just let the (other) criminals play it however they choose.

And then get back to your personal lie-a-thon.

Wuddles440

(1,791 posts)
7. "...being doxxed...they're being threatened"...
Wed Jun 25, 2025, 04:59 PM
Jun 25

By whom? Can she even provide one legitimate example of such? They're refusing to provide any form of identification and most have their faces covered, so it would difficult, if not impossible, to identify any of these thugs. Total bullshit, by the MAGA Consigliere!

speak easy

(12,086 posts)
21. "...being doxxed...they're being threatened"
Wed Jun 25, 2025, 09:36 PM
Jun 25

Like every police officer and agent with a badge? Give me a break!

Deuxcents

(23,266 posts)
26. We had her for 8 years here in Florida as our AG..her resume should have been enough to show
Wed Jun 25, 2025, 10:26 PM
Jun 25

The Senate to take a pass on confirming her..but..here we are

MissouriDem47

(233 posts)
14. Ice Agents Are Cowards
Wed Jun 25, 2025, 06:59 PM
Jun 25

As agents for the government of the United States covering their faces in operations is an act of a coward. In our democracy it is imperative that representatives of the government be held accountable for their actions. Hiding behind masks like the James Gang prevents that accountability.

orangecrush

(25,882 posts)
18. Those are not ICE agents
Wed Jun 25, 2025, 07:19 PM
Jun 25


They are moonlighting corrections officers and bounty hunters paid by the head.

bdamomma

(68,902 posts)
37. Oh yes
Thu Jun 26, 2025, 07:00 AM
Jun 26

they are profiting off having people disappeared and deported.

I bet that Little Nazi Stephen Miller is on that list.

AltairIV

(911 posts)
15. pam bondi
Wed Jun 25, 2025, 07:01 PM
Jun 25

is number three on my list, after the election in 2028, to be stripped of her citizenship and disappeared into a cia black site.

republianmushroom

(20,789 posts)
20. Well now that the trump class liar, knows that they do
Wed Jun 25, 2025, 08:08 PM
Jun 25

wear mask and show no indentation. That will end tomorrow. chuckle chuckle
Damn, she is a dumb bitch.

kimbutgar

(25,664 posts)
23. Her nose would be a mile long now if she had the Pinocchio syndrome of a nose growing when lying!
Wed Jun 25, 2025, 10:08 PM
Jun 25

usaf-vet

(7,623 posts)
24. So she is not only a liar but now we find out she is blind and extending the lies about....
Wed Jun 25, 2025, 10:17 PM
Jun 25

.... things the whole world has seen AND spoken out against.

Figarosmom

(7,256 posts)
28. When she says they are being doxed.
Wed Jun 25, 2025, 10:28 PM
Jun 25

It should be pointed out that it's incumbent upon the officer to ID himself anyway, so being doxed shouldn't be an excuse since they have to give their name and badge number anyway. And for crying out loud I don't see her complaining about MAGA or the President himself doxing people who by the way are not expected to be public or ID themselves.
Law enforcement have always lived with threats. Shouldn't have to but they always have.



They should not be allowed to be SECRET POLICE, police in the United States identify themselves and do not hide who they are like they are scared or doing something wrong.
UNLESS OF COURSE THEY ARE SCARED AND DOING SOMETHING WRONG.

Response to erronis (Original post)

sheshe2

(93,029 posts)
33. So,
Thu Jun 26, 2025, 01:42 AM
Jun 26

She has no TeeVee, never watches news on cable, never reads a magazine, doesn’t read newspapers, never receives any briefings in her job of AG of the United States …. I mean tsf’s personal lawyer.

Is she as dumb as she looks or just a liar? 🤥

bdamomma

(68,902 posts)
35. Pam Bondi
Thu Jun 26, 2025, 06:54 AM
Jun 26

she's a true loyalist to the felon. I hope I see her go down too. A prerequisite of the job is to be loyal and a liar. She's a swamp creature too. Aren't they all????

augyboston

(361 posts)
38. She's a fucking liar and pond scum as well.
Thu Jun 26, 2025, 07:20 AM
Jun 26

The type of person you feel a need to shower twice after being in its presence...

The Wizard

(13,291 posts)
39. She's been on the Trump payroll
Thu Jun 26, 2025, 07:43 AM
Jun 26

since taking a $25,000 "campaign contribution" from Trump when she was running for Florida AG. Shortly after receiving the "contribution" she dropped the State's law suit against Trump University.
Bribery doesn't cost, it pays.

markbark

(1,613 posts)
40. My theory:
Thu Jun 26, 2025, 07:44 AM
Jun 26

They're doing this "unidentified masked" bit because they're hoping one of the targets takes a "2nd amendment solution" to what is perceived as an attempted kidnapping. Then, much like the Not-Sees™ in 1930s German did by marching in areas where they knew there would be pushback, the magats can point and say "See?!? Those EEEEvil immigrants are violently attacking peaceful federal officers just trying to do their jobs"

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