{"id":1053690,"date":"2025-06-25T18:40:11","date_gmt":"2025-06-25T22:40:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1053690"},"modified":"2025-06-25T18:40:12","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T22:40:12","slug":"watch-attorney-general-pam-bondi-defends-lawbreaking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/watch-attorney-general-pam-bondi-defends-lawbreaking\/","title":{"rendered":"WATCH: Attorney General Pam Bondi Defends Lawbreaking\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"449\" width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png?w=1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1050776\" srcset=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png 1101w, https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png?resize=300,132 300w, https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png?resize=768,337 768w, https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png?resize=1024,449 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Pam Bondi is once again proving she has no respect for the rule of law. Instead of doing her job and standing up for the Constitution, Bondi is focused on undermining the legal system, attacking judges and courts, and turning a blind eye as foreign nationals buy favors and influence with Donald Trump. Bondi has one clear set of ethics: Trump goes first, law and order goes last.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/atrupar\/status\/1937893653445247239\"><strong>WATCH<\/strong><\/a><strong>: Pam Bondi defended Emil Bove \u2014 a DOJ lawyer and Donald Trump\u2019s nominee to serve as a judge on the United States Court of Appeals \u2014 after a whistleblower alleged he pushed lawyers to ignore judges\u2019 orders.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh7-rt.googleusercontent.com\/docsz\/AD_4nXelTJjs_IWLQNNowrkZvEDfAUc-HRG3_tsdt9hzm24I-bgFe4sfLaYY8Ma9X_XMEehh4laObKXNpse4JKFVJ1U_GBjiPVB_7HdE8klxNpBRSrbun93-GwTiVu06Z9UstnD7aijc?key=u_L24QvduYgAJgvonumlrg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/atrupar\/status\/1937893653445247239\">Pam Bondi<\/a>: \u201cI will always support and defend Emil Bove \u2026 [he is one] of the finest people I know.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Throughout her hearing today, Bondi supported ignoring court orders, refused to answer questions on Trump\u2019s corrupt crypto grifts, and defended illegal cuts to programs to combat domestic violence. Today, Bondi:&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/atrupar\/status\/1937899366473208023\">Refused<\/a> to answer questions on Trump\u2019s pay-for-play crypto scheme to help the ultra-wealthy and foreign nationals buy favors from the White House\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/7vneIcPODak\">Defended<\/a> slashing funding for the Office on Violence Against Women and illegally <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/spMo4BQPl9M\">cutting over $200 million<\/a> in funding for programs to combat domestic violence<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/atrupar\/status\/1937893399085916513\">Doubled down<\/a> on refusing to follow court orders \u2014 refusing to say that the DOJ should follow district court orders\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/atrupar\/status\/1937893653445247239\">Refused to condemn<\/a> the alleged actions of Emil Bove \u2014 who is currently in hot water for reportedly advising DOJ lawyers to <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/US\/whistleblower-complaint-alleges-top-doj-official-emil-bove\/story?id=123167302\">ignore court orders<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/atrupar\/status\/1937892184369291644\">Didn\u2019t know<\/a> law enforcement officers are hiding their faces and refusing to identify themselves as law enforcement during immigration enforcement<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/joshgerstein\/status\/1937892498774393221\">\u201cStruggle[d]\u201d<\/a> to answer questions on what she is doing to stop U.S. guns from going to Mexico\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>REMINDER: Bondi is a Trump loyalist with a history of putting Trump above the law, previously dropping an investigation into Trump University after asking for and receiving a $25,000 illegal contribution.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.citizensforethics.org\/reports-investigations\/crew-investigations\/the-trump-foundation-pam-bondi-scandal\/\">CREW<\/a>: \u201cIn March 2016, CREW discovered that the <strong>Trump Foundation had broken the law by giving an illegal $25,000 contribution to a political group supporting Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi.<\/strong> Charitable foundations like the Trump Foundation are not allowed to engage in politics. Even <strong>more problematic was the fact that the contribution was given as Bondi\u2019s office was deciding whether to take legal action related to Trump University.<\/strong>\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2016\/06\/10\/politics\/pam-bondi-donald-trump-donation\/index.html\">CNN<\/a>: \u201c<strong>The donation came<\/strong> from one of Trump\u2019s charities <strong>six days after Bondi\u2019s then-spokeswoman told a reporter their office was \u2018currently reviewing the allegations\u2019 against Trump University<\/strong> in a class action lawsuit in New York, according to internal emails that were among more than 8,000 pages of documents originally requested by The Orlando Sentinel and also obtained by CNN.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/2016\/7\/20\/12242170\/pam-bondi-trump-rnc-convention\">Vox<\/a>: \u201cThen, four days later, a $25,000 check from Trump to Bondi\u2019s reelection campaign showed up. <strong>Bondi ended up not suing Trump after all, even though she had plenty of reason to do so.<\/strong> Florida had received complaints about Trump\u2019s series of real estate seminars, and a class-action lawsuit on behalf of students in the state is currently in progress in federal court in New York.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Bondi also has refused to say Trump lost the 2020 election and proved she will provide Trump with any cover he needs after he pardoned violent rioters who attacked the Capitol on January 6.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2024\/12\/16\/pam-bond-attorney-general-2020-pennsylvania\/\">Washington Post<\/a>: \u201cIn public appearances in the week after the election, <strong>Bondi also made unfounded allegations about \u2018evidence of cheating\u2019 and \u2018fake ballots,\u2019<\/strong> and in private huddles with other campaign advisers she discussed legal strategies to challenge the results in a state Joe Biden ultimately won by 80,000 votes.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/factpostnews\/status\/1879601743736045982\">Senator Adam Schiff<\/a>: \u201cIt will also be important for you to be able to preserve the records, the evidence of the department. <strong>Are you ready to commit that none of the evidence in the January 6th investigation will be destroyed under your watch?\u201d<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bondi: *Doesn\u2019t answer*&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sen. Schiff: \u201cDo you see any ethical basis to destroy evidence in the January 6th investigation? Then <strong>why can\u2019t you answer the question?<\/strong> Why can&#8217;t you say I commit to this committee, we will never destroy the evidence in the January 6th investigation. <strong>Why can\u2019t you give this committee and the American people that assurance?\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bondi: *Tries to change the topic*&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sen. Schiff: \u201cWhy do- why do you have difficulty answering that question?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bondi: <strong>\u201cI can\u2019t believe you are asking that question.\u201d<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sen. Schiff: <strong>\u201cWhy do you have difficulty promising to preserve evidence at the Department of Justice?<\/strong> Why is that a difficult question?\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bondi: *Doesn\u2019t answer, again.*&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sen. Schiff: <strong>\u201cIt shouldn\u2019t be a difficult question.\u201d<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>###<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pam Bondi is once again proving she has no respect for the rule of law. Instead of doing her job and standing up for the Constitution, Bondi is focused on undermining the legal system, attacking judges and courts, and turning a blind eye as foreign nationals buy favors and influence with Donald Trump. 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