Sens. Alex Padilla and Adam Schiff engaged in fierce verbal combat Wednesday with Attorney General-designate Pam Bondi, as they fought over her views on the 2020 elections, immigration and presidential pardons. At one point, a frustrated Bondi told Schiff “You were censured by Congress for comments just like this that are so reckless.”

In a tense exchange, Democratic Sen. Adam Schiff of California and Pam Bondi sparred over whether her personal political beliefs would affect decisions on pardons in January 6, 2021, cases and the preservation of evidence from the special counsel investigations into Donald Trump.