Justice must be blind to be effective

THE spectacle of United States Attorney General Pam Bondi testifying before the House of Representatives Judiciary Committee last week was more than just political theatre; it was a harrowing indictment of a justice system in moral collapse.

As the highest law enforcement officer in the US, Bondi sat before a gallery of Jeffrey Epstein’s survivors – women who were trafficked as children – and refused to offer them an apology for the Department of Justice’s mishandling of their case.