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Bondi weaponized the DOJ as a loyalist tool - She purged staff and openly took orders from the White House, abandoning the traditional independence of the Justice Department to serve the president’s campaign of retribution.
“We are so proud to work at the directive of Donald Trump.”
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Politically motivated indictments failed due to lack of evidence - Efforts to prosecute rivals like Adam Schiff and Jerome Powell collapsed under legal scrutiny, leading Trump to publicly castigate Bondi for moving too slowly.
“Many judges and juries are just flat out rejecting any efforts to carry those cases or investigations forward.”
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The Epstein file release backfired into a political crisis - By overhyping a binder of documents that contained no new information, Bondi alienated the conservative base and spurred bipartisan legislation that forced full transparency.
“It’s also, Michael, one of the first times Republicans on Capitol Hill really stand up to the president and disobey his demands to not support this legislation.”