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AG Pam Bondi faces tough questioning from lawmakers on her tenure as attorney general at a Senate Oversight hearing on Capitol Hill.
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Bondi tells Durbin she wishes he "loved Chicago as much as you hate Pres. Trump" in Senate hearing
Sen. Dick Durbin and Attorney General Pam Bondi traded barbs about the National Guard and Chicago, with Bondi telling Durbin she wished he "loved Chicago as much as you hate President Trump."
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