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.

WATCH: Pam Bondi defended Emil Bove — a DOJ lawyer and Donald Trump’s nominee to serve as a judge on the United States Court of Appeals — after a whistleblower alleged he pushed lawyers to ignore judges’ orders. 

Pam Bondi: “I will always support and defend Emil Bove … [he is one] of the finest people I know.” 

Throughout her hearing today, Bondi supported ignoring court orders, refused to answer questions on Trump’s corrupt crypto grifts, and defended illegal cuts to programs to combat domestic violence. Today, Bondi: 

• Refused to answer questions on Trump’s pay-for-play crypto scheme to help the ultra-wealthy and foreign nationals buy favors from the White House 
• Defended slashing funding for the Office on Violence Against Women and illegally cutting over $200 million in funding for programs to combat domestic violence
• Doubled down on refusing to follow court orders — refusing to say that the DOJ should follow district court orders 
• Refused to condemn the alleged actions of Emil Bove — who is currently in hot water for reportedly advising DOJ lawyers to ignore court orders  
• Didn’t know law enforcement officers are hiding their faces and refusing to identify themselves as law enforcement during immigration enforcement
• “Struggle[d]” to answer questions on what she is doing to stop U.S. guns from going to Mexico 

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. 

CREW: “In March 2016, CREW discovered that the Trump Foundation had broken the law by giving an illegal $25,000 contribution to a political group supporting Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi. Charitable foundations like the Trump Foundation are not allowed to engage in politics. Even more problematic was the fact that the contribution was given as Bondi’s office was deciding whether to take legal action related to Trump University.”

CNN: “The donation came from one of Trump’s charities six days after Bondi’s then-spokeswoman told a reporter their office was ‘currently reviewing the allegations’ against Trump University 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.”

Vox: “Then, four days later, a $25,000 check from Trump to Bondi’s reelection campaign showed up. Bondi ended up not suing Trump after all, even though she had plenty of reason to do so. Florida had received complaints about Trump’s 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.”

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. 

Washington Post: “In public appearances in the week after the election, Bondi also made unfounded allegations about ‘evidence of cheating’ and ‘fake ballots,’ 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.”

Senator Adam Schiff: “It will also be important for you to be able to preserve the records, the evidence of the department. Are you ready to commit that none of the evidence in the January 6th investigation will be destroyed under your watch?” 

Bondi: *Doesn’t answer* 

Sen. Schiff: “Do you see any ethical basis to destroy evidence in the January 6th investigation? Then why can’t you answer the question? Why can’t you say I commit to this committee, we will never destroy the evidence in the January 6th investigation. Why can’t you give this committee and the American people that assurance?”

Bondi: *Tries to change the topic* 

Sen. Schiff: “Why do- why do you have difficulty answering that question?”

Bondi: “I can’t believe you are asking that question.” 

Sen. Schiff: “Why do you have difficulty promising to preserve evidence at the Department of Justice? Why is that a difficult question?” 

Bondi: *Doesn’t answer, again.* 

Sen. Schiff: “It shouldn’t be a difficult question.” 

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