Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) on Sunday said that Attorney General Pam Bondi did not look at the Jeffrey Epstein survivors during her testimony before a House panel because she was "afraid to."
Co-host Martha Raddatz asked Massie on ABC News's "This Week" if he was surprised that Bondi would not look at the Epstein survivors behind her.
"I think that was kind of cold on her part. I think she was afraid to," Massie replied. "And look, these survivors would love to have a meeting. It's not about Bill Clinton and it's not about Donald Trump. This Epstein Files Transparency Act was about getting these survivors justice. We've got some degree of transparency but it's called the Department of Justice, not the department of transparency."
"And so, what these survivors need, they need to see some of their own 302 forms, which haven't been released, and they also need to see some of the men that they've implicated prosecuted," he added.
Bondi went head-to-head with lawmakers in a fiery hearing on Wednesday as the country's top lawyer appeared before the House Judiciary Committee for the first time since taking office.
She fielded questions on issues ranging from pending investigations into President Trump's adversaries to immigration, but the most tense exchanges came over the Epstein files.
Bondi repeatedly pushed back on lawmakers during the hearing, asking why they didn't demand answers about the Epstein investigation under prior administrations, including former Attorney General Merrick Garland.
"I'm glad you're asking about Merrick Garland," Massie said during the Wednesday hearing.
"This is bigger than Watergate. This goes over four administrations. You don't have to go back to Biden. Let's go back to Obama. Let's go back to George [W.] Bush. This cover-up spans decades, and you are responsible for this portion of it," he added.
On Sunday, Massie said that Garland "performed better" than Bondi did during her testimony.
"I don't think she did very well. She came with a book full of insults, one for each congressperson. She obviously had one for me," Massie said.
"And, you know, I've been there when Merrick Garland was there. Obviously, politically, I don't agree with him, but he performed much better in terms of at least not looking bad. And, unfortunately, we didn't get the answers we wanted about the Epstein Files," he added.
Massie also said he did not have confidence in Bondi after the hearing.
"I don't think Pam Bondi has confidence in Pam Bondi. She wasn't confident enough to engage in anything but name-calling in a hearing," he told Raddatz on Sunday.
"She hasn't got any sort of accountability there at the DOJ. When I asked her specifically who redacted Leslie Wexner's name from the one document that mattered, she couldn't give me an answer; she wouldn't give me an answer. But ultimately, it's her who is responsible for the document production according to our law—the attorney general."