Pam Bondi found out the hard way that Trump’s obsession with loyalty is a one-way street. Like Chief Justice John Roberts before her, she learned that no amount of selling out your principles or mortgaging your dignity will ever be enough for Trump.
But we have some good news for the departing Attorney General! She’s still on track for a potential victory in our bracket challenge. Which is important news as she moves on to the “much needed and important new job in the private sector” that she absolutely does not have.
And she absolutely crushed Alina Habba in our Final Four matchup:
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Bondi issued a statement attempting to slather lipstick on her shitcanning, she touted the fact that murders in this country are at an historic low. This is true, but has also been true of pretty much every year since the 90s. She did not, for example, mention that she’s diverted the Department of Justice’s efforts from prosecuting 23,000 drug, terrorism, and other crimes to chase down roofers who messed up their immigration paperwork 20 years earlier.
Along the way, she convinced the federal judiciary that the Department of Justice could not be trusted and created a staggering staffing problem. One hell of an accomplishment.
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On the other side of the bracket is the last standing of Trump’s Killer Bs. Bondi, Blanche, and Bove rolled into the Justice Department and destroyed a couple centuries worth of credibility. Blanche will take over for Bondi in the short-term, but even his personal efforts to run interference for Jeffrey Epstein and publicly attack the rule of law did not prove sufficient to give him the inside track to the top job. Blanche recently confessed that senior Trump administration officials expect to be indicted after the next election. Most people would take that fear and, you know, stop committing acts that would get them indicted. Blanche, however, is willing to put his foot on the gas.
Which is a commitment since this administration is driving oil to $200 a barrel!
So the final matchup is Bondi v. Blanche. VOTE HERE.
Voting ends Monday at 11:59 pm Eastern.
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