Trump taps Bondi as AG after Gaetz withdrawal, vows to end ‘weaponisation’ of Justice Dept
US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump and former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi. — AFP pic
Friday, 22 Nov 2024 9:18 AM MYT
WASHINGTON, Nov 21 — US President-elect Donald Trump yesterday nominated former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi to be US Attorney General, moving swiftly to replace his former nominee Matt Gaetz after the embattled former congressman withdrew from consideration.
Gaetz, who faced opposition from Senate Republicans, was the subject of a House Ethics Committee probe into allegations of having sex with an underage 17-year-old girl and illicit drug use. He has denied wrongdoing.
Bondi served as the top law enforcement officer of the country’s third most populous state from 2011 to 2019 and on Trump’s Opioid and Drug Abuse Commission during his first administration.
Most recently, Bondi helped lead the legal arm of the America First Policy Institute, a right-leaning think tank whose personnel has worked closely with Trump’s campaign to help shape policy for his incoming administration.
Her resume contrasts with that of Gaetz, who has little of the traditional experience expected of an attorney general.
Bondi would likely face less opposition from senators involved in the confirmation process compared with Gaetz.
Trump announced his pick of Bondi on social media, praising her for her prosecutorial experience and saying she was tough on crime as Florida’s first female attorney general.
Trump, who was elected on Nov. 5 despite being the subject of multiple criminal investigations from U.S. and state prosecutors, including a felony conviction in the state of New York, said Bondi would end the politicization of federal prosecutions.
”For too long, the partisan Department of Justice has been weaponized against me and other Republicans - Not anymore,” Trump said.
”Pam will refocus the DOJ to its intended purpose of fight Crime, and Making America Safe Again.”
Bondi, a Trump loyalist, is expected to carry out Trump’s policy agenda.
During the Republican U.S. president-elect’s first term, Trump was infuriated by what he called an obstructive Justice Department, including attorneys general Jeff Sessions, who allowed a probe into alleged Russia, and Bill Barr, who publicly refuted his false claims his 2020 election loss was the result of fraud.
The broad contours of Trump’s plans for the Justice Department have been communicated through Trump’s own public statements, as well as statements by Mark Paoletta, a conservative attorney leading the policy planning for the Justice Department, and in interviews and public forums with former department attorneys.
Federal prosecutors will likely be directed to prioritize illegal immigration cases. Cities that hope to receive a slice of the department’s more-than-$291 million justice assistance grant program will likely have to agree to cooperate with federal immigration enforcement.
The Civil Rights Division is expected to shift its focus away from police accountability toward defending religious freedom and filing legal challenges against government and private sector diversity, equity and inclusion programs. — AFP
Unlike the clown Mat Gaetz, the new candidate Pam Bondi looks like she actually has the professional competence to carry out the extreme Trump agenda.
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ReplyDeleteAlso, what not reported but gleaned from American social media chatters, it was a "Sun Tzu's art of war" stratagem. By the amount of resistance noise coming out, specially from the non-MAGA Republican Senators, the deep lying senators that can undone the once in an epoch change project for the American Republic has been exposed and will be dealt with accordingly, in due time.
Speculation hint that, going forward, the Epstein Island client list can be deployed to root out all the political operators involved bssed on what they had done to Matt Gaetz. It is also an action at the optic level for the American public when that aspect of criminality amongst the political elites being boomeranged on them post presidential inauguration.
Although no further words on what is to become of Matt Gatez, one speculation point to him being tadked with special prosecuter role to take out all the compromised politicians...
Wish we, Malaysis, have that, but it is more of kopi shop talk shop only, especially the finance twitter article that you posted. A bit disheartening but it is what it is...PKR, PH, UG, UMNO, you grab some, he grab some, political analysts chewa...look good writing msny worded snalysis in hindsight but shit still prevailed in daily lives...i have solution to offer but recognized that possibility happening. AI should just call it a day, he is at the 80 range...what out of the box change can we see that can invigorate the Malaysia idea? Do we need to go the Argentinian route of more than a century before daring to take decisive action?
Or, just more of the same? I m ok if you say that I am so naive, but i know of people posting heavenly supernatural message about a once in a kind of event that will change the wofld...
Errata: ..."I have no solution to offer..." dinky mobile phone finger typing error
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💥🔥 Insiders are saying that MSNBC And ABC’s The View, the most far left anti-Trump agitators in recent memory, are both about to get the chop.
During an interview with News Nation, veteran broadcaster Bill O’Reilly revealed that sources have told him it’s about to be officially over for the two entities.
O’Reilly said that Comcast wants to throw MSNBC “overboard” because their output is also tanking NBC’s ratings.
“So, they are uncoupling — their word, Comcast — MSNBC from NBC News. That means MSNBC has no resources at all. None. They’re not gonna be able to pay these people millions of dollars, Rachel Maddow, whatever she’s making,” O’Reilly told Chris Cuomo.
He continued, “NBC News is saying, ‘We don’t want you around.’ Why? Because NBC News’ numbers, Lester Holt and ‘The TODAY Show’ are catastrophe because half the country acquaints NBC News with MSNBC and they won’t watch,” O’Reilly further explained.
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The View host, Sonny Hostin, had to read a legal note on air regarding Matt Gaetz denial against allegation against him...
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