“All the signs of corrupting the criminal justice system.”
U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi is causing ‘concerns’ within the establishment justice system and legacy media, with former officials claiming that she is using ‘quid pro quo’ and ‘ruthlessness’ to do the bidding of President Donald Trump.
Bondi, who was confirmed by the Senate with bipartisan support on February 4, has repeatedly said the Department of Justice (DOJ) would not “play politics” during her hearings in January.
“Of course not,” the former Florida attorney general replied to Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) when asked if she would “start with a name to prosecute and then look for a crime.”
While she stated that the justice system under former President Joe Biden “targeted Donald Trump,” she insisted that “If I am attorney general, I will not politicize that office.”
In a Sunday piece from the Associated Press, the publication claimed that “a succession of actions has raised concerns the department is doing exactly that.”
As we already reported, the DOJ ordered Manhattan prosecutors to drop the bribery and wire fraud case against New York City Mayor Eric Adams (D) last week, saying that the “timing of the charges,” initially filed in September 2024, “have threatened the integrity of the proceedings, including by increasing prejudicial pretrial publicity that risks impacting potential witnesses and the jury pool.”
According to Bondi’s office, the case has “improperly interfered” with Adams’ abilities to campaign for reelection and “to devote full attention and resources to the illegal immigration and violent crime that escalated under the policies of the prior Administration.”
Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD), the top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee, told CNN’s Margaret Brennan that Trump’s supposed “attack on the Department of Justice” could be an “impeachable” offense.
David Laufman, a former federal prosecutor and senior national security official at the DOJ who is outspoken about being a Never Trumper, told the Associated Press that Bondi is using her role to “subjugate” the department’s workforce to please the Trump administration.
“We have seen now a punishing ruthlessness that acting department leadership and the attorney general are bringing to essentially subjugate the workforce to the wishes and demands of the administration, even when it’s obvious,” he told the Associated Press, adding that some of the new attorney general’s decisions have all the signs “of corrupting the criminal justice system.”
The Associated Press went on to compare the situation to the wave of resignations that occurred within the DOJ in 1973 during President Richard Nixon’s Watergate scandal, though the outlet noted the fact that there are “significant” differences between the two cases.
“Even though there may not be more resignations, a clear message has been sent about the objectives and the expectations of the department,” said former U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, who served under former President George W. Bush’s administration.
“The purpose of the department is to ensure that our laws are carried out, that those who engage in criminal wrongdoing are prosecuted and punished,” he told the outlet.
And to some it may appear “that if you have some kind of relationship with the White House, there may not be consequences for doing something that ordinary Americans engaged in similar conduct would be punished.”
Trump told reporters on Friday that he was not involved in Adams’ charges being dropped, and knew nothing of it.
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