“The Justice Department is now in shambles,” Sunny Hostin said, adding that she’s “disgusted” by “the destruction of one of the biggest and strongest institutions in our country.”

The View’s Ana Navarro slams ‘disgusting’ acquaintance Pam Bondi’s testimony as ‘high school version of Lady Macbeth’

"The Justice Department is now in shambles," Sunny Hostin said, adding that she's "disgusted" by "the destruction of one of the biggest and strongest institutions in our country."

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Pam Bondi testifies; Ana Navarro on 'The View'. Credit:

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*The View* cohosts have banded together to condemn Attorney General Pam Bondi's recent widely disparaged testimony in front of the House Judiciary Committee's probe into the Justice Department's dealings related to the Jeffrey Epstein files.

After Bondi's appearance earlier this week was heavily criticized for its theatricality, Republican *View* panelist Ana Navarro lashed out at her behavior.

"I've known Pam Bondi for many years. This was so personally disgusting and disappointing to me. I knew her in Florida as somebody who worked with everybody and who was nice," Navarro said, referencing Bondi's time as attorney general of her home state. "Watching her and this performance as like a high school version of Lady Macbeth, it was just unacceptable and a show she's putting on for Trump."**

President Donald Trump and Attorney General Pam Bondi.

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Whoopi Goldberg voiced opposition to Bondi apparently refusing to turn around to acknowledge the victims of convicted sex offender Epstein who were in the room behind her as she was questioned.

"She never looked at them, she never acknowledged they were there," Goldberg alleged. Bondi did, however, call those probing into the case "washed-up," and even said in the moment that one member of the panel had "Trump derangement syndrome."

Navarro also criticized Bondi claiming that she had no knowledge that Epstein's accomplice, Ghislaine Maxwell, was transferred to a prison with notably comfier conditions than others.

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"Bondi said she had no idea that this had been done by the Bureau of Prisons. Girl, the Bureau of Prisons works for you!" Navarro exclaimed.

Former federal prosecutor Sunny Hostin then voiced her concerns over Bondi's temperament, invoking her own experience with the Department of Justice.

Whoopi Goldberg, Sara Haines, Joy Behar, Ana Navarro, and Sunny Hostin on The View.

Hostin first pointed out that she's heard of many federal prosecutors resigning under Bondi's leadership, which she said, in her opinion, equates to the Justice Department being "in shambles."

"So, the people of the United States have *that* person, who is deeply unqualified, who is deeply unserious, as their protection, as the person that is the chief law enforcement officer of the United States of America, I am disgusted," asserted Hostin. "I am so saddened by what is the destruction of one of the biggest and strongest institutions in our country."

** has reached out to the Department of Justice for comment.

*The View* airs weekdays on ABC.

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