When Pam Bondi agreed to be attorney general under President Donald Trump, she knew what was being asked of her. Trump made no secret of his desire to transform the Justice Department from an impartial, independent law enforcement agency into a weapon for revenge against his political adversaries. She was to treat Trump’s enemies as targets of the U.S. government.
Bondi showed no hesitation in that regard and hit the ground running once confirmed — but it was not enough for Trump. On Thursday, she became the second member of Trump’s Cabinet to be fired this year. MS NOW’s Ken Dilanian reported Bondi was fired mostly because Trump “grew dissatisfied with her inability to deliver on prosecuting his perceived enemies.”
For all Trump’s ire about Bondi’s failures to prosecute his perceived enemies, it’s hard to see what more she could have done to slake his thirst for revenge. After all, her hands were tied by a simple fact of the job.
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