Summary

Pam Bondi, Trump’s attorney general nominee, hinted at the existence of an “enemies list” during her confirmation hearing.

When questioned by Senators Hirono and Whitehouse, Bondi avoided disavowing the list or denying potential targeting of individuals like Jack Smith, Liz Cheney, and Merrick Garland.

She defended Trump’s FBI pick, Kash Patel, who previously alluded to such a list in his book, Government Gangsters.

Critics fear the Justice Department could be weaponized against political opponents under Bondi and Trump’s leadership.

  • Corkyskog
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    8 hours ago

    Idk why you’re getting so many downvotes. If Garland didn’t pussyfoot around for 4 years we wouldn’t be in this mess.

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      Especially considering the report literally says “we had enough to convict” (if we had more time we could have) but Garland decided to wait years to start out of fear of looking “political.”

      Well look where that got us. These chucklefucks don’t give a damn about looking political, they had their state propaganda outlets cry foul for years preemptively justifying “politically motivated” retaliation.

      If these people didn’t live in ivory towers completely segregated from actual reality, they’d know what Fox was up to.

      • Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        Garland decided to wait years to start out of fear of looking “political.”

        Which is the most maddening part of it from a “how stupid do they think we are?” standpoint, as bending over backwards to not “look political” is one of the most political things you can possibly do!

        Especially in cases like this where something infinitely more important than optics failed because of it!

        He should seriously be tried for dereliction of duty in a time of crisis, obstruction of justice, or maybe even, to quote Bluth Senior “some light treason” 🤬