Senate Republican: 'America is safer with Pam Bondi as attorney general'

Sen. John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) on Sunday said he has confidence in Attorney General Pam Bondi despite reports that she is feuding with FBI Director Kash Patel and Deputy FBI Director Dan Bongino over her handling of the case related to the disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein.

“I do,” Barrasso said, when asked in an interview on NBC News’s “Meet the Press” about whether he has confidence in Bondi.

“We ran to make this country safer and more prosperous. Pam Bondi and her team are getting hardened criminals off the streets,” he continued. “America is safer with Pam Bondi as attorney general.”

When moderator Kristen Welker followed up to ask if he has confidence in Patel, Barrasso said, “I do."

The interview comes after President Trump reiterated his confidence in Bondi on Saturday amid fierce backlash from segments of his base over her handling of the Epstein files.

The Justice Department released a memo on Monday concluding there was no evidence Epstein kept a “client list,” nor any confirming the convicted sex offender sought to blackmail powerful figures implicated in his crimes. The memo also found no evidence of foul play in Epstein’s death, which had previously been ruled a suicide.

Those revelations contradict conspiracy theories pushed by several right-wing media personalities and internet influencers, many of whom fumed Monday over the memo and alleged a cover-up was taking place.