"The job is objectively a shit sandwich. An increasingly demented and desperate president is staring down the likely loss of at least one House of Congress in the midterms and a wildly unpopular war that refuses to end no matter how much he shitposts at it."
"The problem is that the American legal system, battered as it is, retains a stubborn capacity to distinguish between actual crimes and the president's personal grievances."
"Pirro was a former state prosecutor in New York, but her chops are a little rusty. She's gotten no-billed dozens of times by grand juries, suffered an embarrassing string of losses related to DHS's 'surge' into DC."
The competition to succeed Pam Bondi as Attorney General is intense, with candidates like Jeanine Pirro facing significant challenges. The current political climate is fraught, with a president under pressure from potential congressional losses and ongoing conflicts. Despite efforts to satisfy Trump's demands for legal action against perceived enemies, the legal system remains resistant to personal grievances. Pirro's past experiences, including numerous grand jury failures and legal setbacks, highlight the difficulties faced by those vying for this contentious position.
Read at Above the Law
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