Washington – Washington (AP) – Pam Bondi He insisted at her serit confirmation hearing that as a general attorney, her judicial department would not play politics. “
However, in the month since Trump took the building, the Succession Action raised the concern that the department was doing correctly.
The best officials demanded the names of thousands of FBI agents who explored Riot, sued State State Attorney who won a massive Scam against Donald Trump before election 2024 and ordered a criminal case against New York Mayor Eric Adams Saying that the charges stated the democratic ability to partner in the fight of the republic administration against illegal immigration.
Even for the department that has endured its share of scandals, moves generated a great overturn and tested its independence. Recent pumping and resignations are the stars of the institutions that have increased only guided by factual facts, evidence and law and have led to that issue: Will the president president Run against its Ministry of Justice During his first term, he manages to bend him into his will in his second?
“We have seen the punishing ruthlessness to operate the Department’s management and the lawyer lead to the workforce and administration’s workforce and demands, even when they are obvious” corrupt the criminal justice system, “said Retired Federal Prosecutor David Laufman, senior Department Officer from the Democratic and Republican administration.
He didn’t say that after Manhattan’s best federal prosecutor, Danielle Sassoresigning on a protest After Directive from Emil BoveDepartment of Justice ACTION no. 2 Officialto reject the case against Adams.
In the letter, they predict their decision, Sassoon accused the Accessing the “Quid Pro Quo” – releasing the case to secure Adams’ help in the Trump Agenda for immigration. Although Democrats, Adams positioned months as eager to help administration effort in the largest American city, even privately with Trump’s property on Trump Florida just a few days before the Republican has taken office.
Multiple high officials who monitor the Department of Public Integrity of the Ministry of Justice, who are prosecuting cases of corruption, joined the resignation.
On Friday, the Prosecutor was involved in Adams, Hagan Scotten, became at least a seventh person who stopped in competition, speaking in the letter to be “coward” to fulfill his demand. (Boves and lawyers in Washington eventually enrolled in paperwork on Friday evening to complete the case).
Although the circumstances are significantly different, the wave of resignation has evoked memories of 1973 “Saturday evening massacre” When the leaders of the multiple departments for the judiciary stops, not to make the commands of the President Richard Nixon to fire the Special Prosecutor Watergate.
“Although there are no resignations, a clear message on the goals and expectations from the Department,” said Alberto Gonzales, who were in Buba in Buba in Buba in the Buga Wake W. Bush rejection of several American lawyers.
“The purpose of the department is to ensure that our laws are implemented, that those engaged in the criminal injustice are prosecuted and punished,” Gonzales said. And someone may appear “that if you have some kind of relationship with a white house, there may not be a consequence of doing something that ordinary Americans would deal in similar behavior.”
The Billion, former Federal Prosecutor New York, who represented Trump in his criminal cases, was emphasized by the legal establishment of the case against Adams. The greeting cited political reasons, including the time period of costs before Adams have taken over the review of campaigns and restrictions, the case to be placed on the ability of mayor to fight illegal immigration and violent crime.
In the Sassoon letter, Bode said that the plaintiffs would be subject to internal investigations.
Bondi defended the decision on the release of the case, claiming Friday in the new interview of the Fox, which Adams aimed after criticizing immigration policies for Bisen Administration. Her chief of staff, Chad Mizelle, said prosecutors who refused the release order “There is no place in the Doyle”.
“The Decision on Rejecting the Indictment Eric Adams is another indication that this breastfeeding will be returned to its basic functioning of hazardous criminals, and not stating politically motivated witches,” Mizelle said that they accused prosecutors without evidence of “Unregulated and last motifs. “
It’s in the White House on Friday, Trump said “not involved” in the case of Adams and “Nothing” didn’t know about it.
Showing in New York follows a special dispute between the FBI leadership of their requests for the list of agents involved in the investigation 6. January 2021, the riots of the capital, so that the judicial department could be determined.
The request was experienced as a precursor by possible mass pumping, but in line with Trump’s rage over those criminal cases, which he Deleted by cleaning pardon shortly after his inauguration.
The benefits referred to the acting director of the FBI director at the Directive as an act of “unfitness” and the said “orders” orders would not lose their jobs, but those who acted with “partisan intent” were at risk.
Between the terminals of the White House, Trump and his Allies pressed the case that the Ministry of Justice became “weapons” against conservatives and in particular, citing Separate indictments It was later rejected after Trump won the Presidency in November.
On her first day at work, Bondi announced the creation of the “Working Group”, the review of the plaintiffs who brought criminal and civil cases against Trump and for the examination of the prosecution on the 6th. January. She wrote in concrete that the department “must take over the current and overdue steps to renew integrity and credibility” and ensure that staff is “ready and willing” to implement the president’s agenda.
The group, especially, was not in charge of the examination of other politically sensitive things more favorable for the trump card, including the investigation of the Special Defender of the Democratic President Joe Biden Handling classified information or the Prosecution of Bisen’s son Hunter, Who was convicted of a gun and tax expenses before the pardon of the Father in December received.
The plaintiffs allocated the working group was a special advisor to Jack Smith, who brought two criminal cases against Trump, and New York Advokey General Lititia James, whose civil lawsuit against Trump led to almost $ 500 million judgments.
Frequent target of Trump Ire, James would reappear the days later when Bondi announced a lawsuit against the New York State Through the law that allows people who may not be legally in the US to get a driver’s license. Bondi opened his remarks by saying that he “filed the accusations” against James and the Democratic Government Kathy Hochul, before later he clarifying to relate to the lawsuit.
More departure – and more unrest – it could be ahead.
“The possibility of the trapping from the Ministry of Justice and (FBI) is now a living and dangerous risk that is played,” Laufman said, a retired prosecutor. “From where he goes from here, we can’t judge at the moment.”
2025-02-16 12:46:00
