Her background, too, is pretty much what you’d expect from this administration: a $25,000 political donation made to her from Trump’s foundation, illegally routed through a charity. Lobbying work for private prisons, the government of Qatar, Amazon, and Uber. Defence for Trump during his first impeachment trial. An unforgettable appearance alongside Rudy Giuliani at the Four Seasons Total Landscaping Company, there to deny the results of the 2020 election.

But there’s something so confronting about watching her refuse to crack now, after what we’ve all seen in the Epstein files. The insistent sticking to the script, the eye-rolling, the irritated and exasperated sighs: they come together to form such a calcified apathy that it can’t be chipped away at even by the most stomach-churning of horrors. We are, ultimately, talking about children. Vulnerable children, used as playthings for old, rich men across the entire political spectrum and elsewhere besides.

Bondi had a chance to rise to the occasion today. She holds one of the most important jobs in the United States, possibly the most important in the context of the Epstein files. Instead, when asked whether Trump — who was shown in a video partying with Epstein — had been in attendance at any parties with underage girls, she answered, “This is so ridiculous. They are trying to deflect from all the great things Donald Trump has done.”

What a pathetic soul.