"An exodus of prosecutors who didn't care for his staff screaming sessions and boorish press conferences. A felony conviction against a Los Angeles County sheriff's deputy for excessive force that he reduced to a misdemeanor and then unsuccessfully tried to have dismissed. Seeking charges against people who dared protest Trump's deportation deluge that his office eventually reduced, dropped or lost in court due to lack of evidence despite Essayli publicly boasting they were slam-dunk cases."
"The guy can't even call himself acting U.S. attorney anymore after a judge ruled in October he was " not lawfully serving " in the position since he was never formally appointed in the first place. So you'd think Essayli would hear the music and go back to being an inconsequential California legislator, but no! If there's one thing Trumpworld has shown, it's that once you've knelt to offer the Dear Leader a lick-and-shine, you better keep it up until your tongue's as dry as Death Valley."
"Which leads us to this weekend. And Essayli's bootlicking-gone-wrong. On Saturday morning, Border Patrol agents in Minneapolis shot and killed 37-year-old Alex Jeffrey Pretti after they gang-tackled him. He had tried to help a woman shoved to the ground by a federal immigration officer; an officer maced him and he soon collapsed - and shortly after, was dead. A Dep"
Pam Bondi appointed Bill Essayli as top prosecutor for the Central District of California in April with an explicit mandate to do Donald J. Trump's will. His tenure produced internal turmoil, including an exodus of prosecutors who objected to staff screaming sessions and boorish press conferences. He reduced a felony excessive-force conviction of a Los Angeles County sheriff's deputy to a misdemeanor and then unsuccessfully tried to have it dismissed. He pursued charges against protesters of Trump's deportation actions that were later reduced, dropped, or lost in court for lack of evidence despite his public boasting. A judge ruled in October he was not lawfully serving because he was never formally appointed.
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