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Pam Bondi: “These flavored vaping products are illegal.”

Featuring: Pam Bondi, Republican | U.S. Attorney General | National

FULL BRIEFING: Pam Bondi, RFK Jr. Announce Massive Seizure Of Illicit Vapes From China

Published September 10, 2025 | Video Starts at 09:58

This ends today. This is your final warning. The Department of Justice will use every legal tool available to stop the distribution of illegal vaping products in America. These flavored vaping products are illegal. Don't let your child say, I walked in a convenience store and bought it. So it's legal. It's not. The Department of Justice will use every legal tool to stop it. (09:58–10:02)

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Pam Bondi

“We're seeing the equivalent of a full pack of cigarettes in a single vape pen.”
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“Chinese companies are making billions of dollars off of these products.”
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“Chicago has the highest murder rate in the nation's capital here in Chicago, and an incredibly high number of unsolved violent felonies.”
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“I believe only 16% [of violent felonies in Chicago] have been solved this year.”
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“The only three flavors [of vaping products] are the tobacco, the cinnamon, and the menthol that are legal.”
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“We've made over 2,000 arrests, taken hundreds of guns off the streets.”
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“There are a thousand vape shops, you said doctor, right around here.”
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“Department of justice has partnered with HHS, FDA, US Marshals, and ATF, my two agencies.”
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“Earlier today, pursuant to search warrants issued by federal courts, U.S. marshals began seizing hundreds of thousands of units of illicit…”
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“Many of these products were smuggled in from China, circumventing regulations.”
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“They often contain undisclosed or untested chemicals which fail to meet FDA safety standards.”
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“It's clear many of these products are being illegally brought into America.”
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“They're targeting children, young adults, college students, and even members of our military.”
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“These dangerous vapes are being sold near our bases, our military bases, our schools, and they are exposing our children and service members…”
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“In Florida, we have reports of kids in high school and schools and middle schools being taken to the hospital because of lung conditions due…”
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“Unfortunately, as I said, many Americans are unaware of the harmful consequences of what's contained in these vapes as they bypass safety…”
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“They must be approved by the FDA.”
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“These illegal and unregulated products are not safe. They contain extreme amounts of nicotine, which is why high school kids have had to go…”
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“The Department of Justice is conducting a nationwide operation today to remove illicit vaping products that are being strategically…”
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“Today's seizure in Illinois is the largest so far, additional seizures today, as we speak are being made or have been made this morning at…”
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“The Department of Justice will use every legal tool available to stop the distribution of illegal vaping products in America.”
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“We have a government here that does not want to cooperate with President Trump.”
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“The Chinese's business model, they bring this [fentanyl] into our country, they distribute it, they get kids addicted, they add THC, and…”
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“Thank goodness we haven't seen any fentanyl overdose deaths yet.”
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“If it's any of these flavored products, they are illegal.”
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“We have arrested him, we are charging him federally because it was a murder on mass transit.”
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“The steps are we charge, then we indict, then legally we make the decision whether or not to seek the death penalty.”
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“Parents have the right to do that. We're going to look out for parents and their rights in the Trump administration.”
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“Parents have the right to go in a school board and feel free to, to talk to the school board.”
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“Chicago doesn't want the President's help.”
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“The President's made it very clear. He wants any major city in this country, any city who they want his help.”
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“What we've done in D.C. is remarkable.”
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“D.C. is a safe city again.”
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“We were all together. We're working hand in hand, all of my agencies, atf, dea, FBI, US Marshals, working hand in hand with Park Police…”
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“We're making D.C. safe again every night.”
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“We're telling you, if you have this stuff, get it off your shelves because this is your final warning.”
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“He had been arrested 14 times, the guy had been to prison.”
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“He had committed multiple assaults.”
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“In July he had made, I think false, multiple 911 calls.”
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“By the district attorney he was, and by a magistrate judge, he was told he can make a written promise to appear in court.”
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“Had he done that in July, had he been taken into custody, a 14 time arrestee, she would have been alive today.”
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“We began doing again research, sending the FDA into all of these businesses, into the retailers and into some of the distributors.”
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“There are potential criminal charges.”
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“You can lose your business if you're a retailer, and you're selling the stuff.”
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“You cannot sell anything that's not FDA approved.”
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