Pam Bondi Goes Toe-to-Toe with Adam Schiff in Senate Hearing: 'If You Worked for Me, You Would Have Been Fired'

Attorney General Pam Bondi went head-to-head with Sen. Adam Schiff (D-CA) during a tense Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Tuesday — and she didn’t hold back. When Schiff pressed her on a debunked FBI sting claim involving border czar Tom Homan, Bondi fired back with a sharp rebuke: “If you worked for me, you would have been fired.”

Schiff opened his questioning with an accusation that Bondi had “politicized” the Department of Justice, turning it into what he called President Donald Trump’s “sword and shield.” But Bondi — who has overseen an aggressive cleanup of Biden-era corruption at the DOJ — dismissed the charge, reminding the California senator that the so-called “sting” had already been reviewed and closed.

Bondi explained that Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche and FBI Director Kash Patel had both examined the matter before her tenure began and decided to end the investigation.

Schiff cited a Fox News appearance by Tom Homan, in which he told host Laura Ingraham, “I did nothing criminal. I did nothing illegal. I’m glad the FBI and DOJ came out and said that nothing illegal happened. No criminal activity.”

At the time, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt had also made it clear: “Mr. Homan never took the $50,000.” She accused the Biden-era DOJ and FBI of attempting to entrap Homan in the months leading up to the 2024 election — a claim supported by several DOJ prosecutors who later confirmed that Homan committed no wrongdoing.

Still, Schiff pressed Bondi again: “Did he take the money?”

Bondi shot back that Leavitt was “one of the most trustworthy people I know,” before landing a direct hit on Schiff’s credibility: “You know something — if you worked for me, you would have been fired, because you were censured by Congress for lying.”

She was referring to the June 2023 House vote censuring Schiff for misleading the public during the Trump-Russia investigation. The House resolution accused him of using his position on the Intelligence Committee to “spread false accusations that the Trump campaign colluded with Russia.”

Bondi also reminded the chamber that Schiff had “provided a false retelling of a phone call between President Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky” as part of his effort to impeach Trump in 2019.

Schiff attempted to pivot, asking if the committee would receive any recordings allegedly showing Homan taking cash. Bondi dismissed the question and directed him to Director Patel for any inquiries related to FBI materials.

Before the exchange ended, Bondi turned the tables once more: “Will you apologize to Donald Trump for trying to impeach him after you now know that Joe Biden tried to cover up Hunter Biden’s involvement with Ukraine?”

Then she delivered her final blow: “I think you owe the president an apology for your entire career, frankly.”

The moment drew audible reactions from the hearing room — and underscored the widening divide between the Biden-era holdovers still clinging to their narratives and a Justice Department now committed to restoring integrity under President Trump’s leadership.