This is not the country I know or the values I believe in and I hope that colleagues on both sides of the aisle will agree with that. Now to the questions yesterday and I know that um Senator Van Holland raised this issue. A former DOJ attorney filed a protector protected whistleblower complaint accusing deputy AG Amal Boove and senior DOJ leadership of defying court orders including through quote lack of cander, deliberate delay and disinformation unquote.
The complaint also accuses this administration of firing the whistleblower for quote telling the truth to the court. These allegations are deeply concerning. Now, I know you said that you can’t discuss the case, but can you confirm that you agree that this administration should follow court orders? >> We will follow court orders, Senator.
The entire administration will follow court orders. The problem arises in the district courts. All these district courts throughout throughout the country are are tying our hands. And here’s how we will follow them. when we get to the United States Supreme Court. >> I need to ask a number of questions following the orders.
>> Let me ask my questions. Can you confirm you will not allow any conduct like what is alleged to continue at the DOJ? >> I’m not going to talk about anything that’s alleged. What I will talk about with you Oh, hold on. You asked me a question and I get to answer it. What you ask me? Alleged conduct that’s part of a pending whistleblower lawsuit that was filed on the eve prior to Amal Boove’s hearing today.
>> I’m not asking that. Hold on. Let me keep going. I would run through a wall for Amal Bo and Todd Blanch. >> Continue with my questions. I have very limited time. >> Thank you. Um I just want you to confirm uh for this you will not allow conduct like that at the DOJ. Yes or no? I will always support and defend Amal Bo and I will defend Todd Blanch.
They are two of the finest people I know. And >> I was asking about the people I know. >> Let me let me keep going here. Now, in April, DOJ abruptly terminated over 300 public safety grants that had already gone through a very rigorous and fair and apolitical application process with no explanation. This is funding to investigate and prosecute drug trafficking, to support foster care kids who experienced abuse or neglect, to expand access to forensic exams, to prosecute violent crimes like sexual assault. Um, these really senseless
cancellations have already forced public safety organizations to cut employees and services. So, one when I I want to ask you when you cut off the community-based violence intervention and prevention initiative funding, were you aware it is used to prevent and reduce violent cl crime? >> Yeah.
Um, Senator, you weren’t here for that, so I’m going to have to repeat myself. We have cut grants. I think we’ve cut 6%. But if we have cut a grant that you feel should not be cut, please reach out to me. I would will personally look at it. We have turned multiple grants back on. We have an appeal process, but if you want to come to me directly, I would be happy to sit down with you and look at that and help you.
Again, we’re doing everything we can. >> Okay. But let me just ask you, when you cut off the expanding access to sexual assault forensic examination grant, were you aware that that grant helps our authorities prosecute rape and sexual assault? I I have no idea about that specific grant you’re talking about.
That’s why I said if you want to come sit down with me, I would never cut a grant intentionally that has to those recipients on the other end across the country. >> Can you give me the details of that grant? >> I can absolutely do that and we my staff will get that to you. But those are two critical ones that I just wanted to ask you about today.
Again, we’ve turned many grants back on and we’ll continue to if you want to call me and we can discuss them with you. Okay. In your budget request, you proposed consolidating the office on violence against women into the office of justice programs. In 2002, Congress actually codified the office as a permanent, separate, and independent office to implement the Violence Against Women Act.
We did that to make sure that violent crimes against women receive the necessary attention, expertise, and resources and to give the office a strong independent voice within the Justice Department and federal government. Now, your government your department wants to fade that into the OJ, which violates the intent of the law that we passed.
It makes grant programs less effective and it places a lot more barriers for victims and services they need. And I see that you’re cutting the office’s resources by about a third. So will you commit to us, the appropriations committee, to follow the law and maintain OBVW as a separate grant entity? >> I will follow the law, but I will not cont I will not keep that as a separate grant entity.
You and I can disagree all day long on what the law is. That’s being consolidated into the Office of Justice Programs. I’m not going to cut, let me answer. I’m not going to cut anything that’s going to hurt violence against women. It will eliminate I’m asking just for your information, Attorney General, in 2002, we codified the office as a permanent, separate, and independent office.
So that we you need to go back and take a look at that. I know my time is out, but I thank you very much for the time. >> Her tone wasn’t cautious or calculated. It was furious. Law and order is being replaced by chaos and corruption, she said. And whatever Trump wants. This wasn’t just a critique, it was an accusation.
According to Murray, the Justice Department isn’t just broken, it’s been hijacked. Hijacked by loyalty owes and political agendas that have no place in a system built on law, facts, and independence. But she didn’t stop there. Murray laid out a pattern that once seen can’t be ignored. Respected DOJ officials fired.
Entire divisions dissolved. Thousands of career employees either pushed out or bought out. Public safety grants slashed without warning. And when asked why, there were no clear answers. Just silence, deflection, or worse, smirking indifference. It all pointed to one chilling idea. This isn’t just incompetence.
It’s a calculated purge. Then came the whistleblower bombshell. A former DOJ attorney filed a complaint accusing senior officials by name of defying court orders, intentionally delaying justice, and feeding disinformation to the public. One line stood out. Lack of cander, deliberate delay, and disinformation. Let that sink in. This isn’t a rumor.
This is a sworn legal complaint filed by someone on the inside. And what’s worse, that whistleblower claims they were fired not for misconduct, but for telling the truth to the court. When Senator Murray pressed Attorney General Pam Bondi for answers, things got uncomfortable fast. Bondi didn’t defend the institution.
She didn’t deny the allegations. She dodged, deflected, and did something no one expected. She pledged loyalty to the very people named in the complaint. I’d run through a wall for Bo and Todd, she said, talking about the deputy AG and another DOJ official. That wasn’t a legal defense. That was a loyalty oath in a Justice Department hearing on national television.
But the moment things turned from disturbing to disgraceful came when Senator Murray brought up the abrupt termination of over 300 public safety grants. These weren’t abstract budget items. These were real programs, ones that fund investigations into child abuse, provide care for kids and foster systems, support forensic testing and rape cases, and combat drug trafficking.
Programs that save lives, keep communities safe, and hold criminals accountable. All gone just like that. And when Murray asked Bondie if she was aware that one of the cut grants directly supported rape and sexual assault investigations, Bondie’s answer was stunning. I have no idea about that specific grant.
A top DOJ official unaware that her department cut vital funding that helps survivors seek justice. Either Bondi truly had no idea what was happening under her watch, or she didn’t want to admit it. But Murray wasn’t done. She turned to one of the most alarming moves yet, the DOJ’s attempt to consolidate the office on violence against women.
In 2002, Congress passed a law to make that office permanent, separate, and independent. Why? Because domestic violence, sexual assault, and gender-based crimes require focused, specialized responses. This office was created to ensure victims wouldn’t fall through the cracks. And now, quietly, Trump’s DOJ was trying to fold it into a larger bureaucracy, undermining its independence and slashing its budget by a third. Murray didn’t let that slide.
She pointed to the law, made the consequences clear, and asked Bondi if she would commit to protecting the office. Bondie said no. She flat out refused, claiming that she and Murray simply disagree on what the law says. But there’s nothing to disagree on. Congress passed it. It’s written. It’s binding. This isn’t streamlining.
This is sabotage. And it fits a larger pattern that’s impossible to ignore. Fire the watchdogs. Silence the whistleblowers. Cut the funding. consolidate the offices, delay the rulings, and when questioned, pledge loyalty, not answers. And through it all, the one consistent thread was Pam Bondi’s refusal to show any accountability.
Every time Senator Murray raised a specific serious issue, Bondi either claimed ignorance or swore allegiance to her political allies. Never once did she say, “We’ll fix it.” Never once did she say, “The public deserves better.” What she said again and again was, “Talk to me offline.” Or worse, I wasn’t aware. That’s not a defense. That’s a confession.
Because here’s the truth. If the Justice Department won’t even pretend to follow court orders, if it cuts programs for abuse victims without explanation, if it fires people for telling the truth, if its leaders can’t answer basic questions about what’s being destroyed under their watch, then what do we have left? Senator Patty Murray didn’t just expose cracks in the system.
She revealed the rot. She made it clear. We’re not watching an accident. We’re watching an agenda. And the people being hurt most, they aren’t the politicians. They’re the survivors, the children, the communities who depend on these programs. The ones who don’t have a seat in those hearings. This isn’t about left or right.
It’s about whether justice still exists in this country, whether truth still matters, and whether we still hold anyone accountable when the system turns on its own people. So, what do you think? Is this still the Justice Department or just another political weapon? Let us know in the comments below.
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