Glenn Beck is calling for Attorney General Pam Bondi to “be replaced,” citing her “complete bungling” of the Epstein files as evidence of her ineptitude.
The former Fox News host devoted roughly 14 minutes of his eponymous radio show on Tuesday to a fiery takedown of Bondi, whom he accused of being “incompetent” and overly willing to protect powerful public figures.
“This is the moment that we’re living in right now, when small offenders are jailed swiftly, when the IRS will hire 85,000 agents to go over your records,” he said. “But nobody will talk about Hunter Biden, no one will talk about the Clintons, no one will talk about anybody in power ― those just get swept away.”
Beck went on to compare Bondi to former President Joe Biden, citing what he saw as their shared lack of transparency.
“Joe Biden, he handled his entire administration the way Pam Bondi has handled the Epstein case,” he said. ”‘I’ve got all the information and you’re going to see it tomorrow. It’s sitting right here on my desk’ ― and then nothing, nothing, nothing. Why did you say that, Pam? You have to tell the American people.”
Watch Glenn Beck discuss Pam Bondi below.
The impetus for Beck’s diatribe was the Department of Justice’s silence in response to Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests for records pertaining to late sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, from whom President Donald Trump has made repeated efforts to distance himself.
Beck also believes that Bondi has failed to pursue accountability across a sweeping range of issues he believes are critical to the Republican party, including COVID-19 and Trump’s unsubstantiated claims of voter fraud in the 2020 presidential election.
“You can’t have a country run like this,” he said. “And Pam, that’s your responsibility.”
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Beck’s remarks follow a bombshell Wall Street Journal report published last week, which found that Trump himself has ramped up his criticisms of Bondi in recent days.
Officials said Trump has deemed Bondi “weak” and “ineffective” at imposing his agenda, and suggested the president is considering appointing special counsels as part of an “intense campaign” to pressure the DOJ to “more aggressively pursue his priorities.”
Trump, however, told the outlet Bondi “is doing an excellent job,” adding, “Tremendous progress is being made against radical left lunatics who are good at only one thing, cheating in elections and the crimes they commit.”
