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Democracy Now! 2026-04-03 Friday

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Democracy Now!

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4.61.1K Ratings

🗓️ 3 April 2026

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

Headlines for April 03, 2026; Pam Bondi Fired as AG Despite Never Saying No to Trump: Law Prof. David Cole; David Cole: U.S. War on Iran Is “Blatantly Illegal” Under U.S. & Int’l Law; Arizona Sec. of State: Trump Is “Trying to Pick His Own Voters” by Restricting Mail-in Ballots; Meet Leqaa Kordia: Palestinian Protester Freed After a Year in ”ICE Dungeon”

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0:00.0

From New York, this is Democracy Now.

0:17.0

I will fight every day to restore confidence and integrity to the Department of Justice

0:25.1

and each of its components.

0:27.8

The partisanship, the weaponization will be gone.

0:32.5

America will have one tier of justice for all. President Trump's fired Attorney General Pam Bondi.

0:41.3

She's his ninth Attorney General, confirmed or acting, over his two terms, the most of any president in U.S. history.

0:51.3

She oversaw the weaponization of the Justice Department, stumbling when it came to the Epstein files and prosecuting Trump's political enemies.

1:02.0

The president's former personal lawyer, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, will replace her at least for now.

1:10.0

We'll talk to constitutional law professor David

1:13.8

Cole. Then Trump moves again to unilaterally change voting laws ahead of the midterms.

1:21.6

More time, ladies and gentlemen, we've got an unconstitutional order from the president that looks like

1:27.5

he's trying to take away ballot by mail. It doesn't make any sense, especially when the courts

1:32.7

have repeatedly told him, this is not in your purview, Mr. President. We'll speak to the Arizona

1:40.3

Secretary of State who says he'll take the federal government to court.

1:46.6

And finally, Palestinian activist Lakha Cordia is free.

1:51.9

She spent a year in an ice jail in Texas after taking part in pro-Palestine campus protests

1:59.6

at Columbia University.

2:01.6

It's been a long year and tough year in ice dungeons.

2:07.6

But I'm finally free,

2:12.6

Hamdallah. But still, but still my battle is not done yet.

2:25.7

La Cacordia will join us in studio.

2:29.2

All that and more coming up.

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