"By any reasonable standard, including her own, Bondi's tenure has been a cataclysmic failure. Her first year as attorney general has seen the Justice Department hollowed out by waves of firings and resignations. Her political appointees have misled federal judges, botched high-profile criminal cases, and embarrassed the Trump administration on multiple occasions. Whatever reputation the department once had for competence and integrity is now in tatters."
"Bondi's tenure began with a ham-fisted plotconcocted by her underlings and Tom Homan, the White House's "border czar," to drop corruption charges against New York City Mayor Eric Adams in exchange for his help with federal immigration enforcement. So cartoonishly obvious was this scheme that a federal judge only granted the department's motion by dismissing the charges with prejudice, meaning that they couldn't use the threat of refiling them as illicit leverage."
Pam Bondi pledged to return the Department of Justice to its core mission of keeping Americans safe and to enforce the law. She vowed to stop violent criminals, gangs, child predators, drug traffickers, and foreign threats, and to defend foundational rights while restoring confidence and integrity. Bondi's first year saw the Justice Department hollowed out by waves of firings and resignations. Political appointees misled federal judges, botched high-profile cases, and embarrassed the Trump administration. The department's reputation for competence and integrity lies in tatters. Her tenure began with a ham-fisted plot by underlings and Tom Homan to drop corruption charges against Mayor Eric Adams; a judge dismissed the charges with prejudice.
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