The Daily Blast: Trump AG Pick Accidentally Reveals a Dark, Ugly Truth About 2025 Plans

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Chris Cotnoir

Government

4.5 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 16 January 2025

⏱️ 24 minutes

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At her confirmation hearing Wednesday, Donald Trump’s pick for attorney general, Pam Bondi, sought in some ways to project an apolitical aura. But Bondi also refused to answer direct questions about Trump’s threats to prosecute enemies, and dissembled about similar threats from Kash Patel, Trump’s pick to head the FBI. All this accidentally revealed something important. Bondi could not say straight out that she wouldn’t carry out Trump’s corrupt designs, because saying that could disqualify her in his eyes—which is itself the problem here. We talked to former prosecutor Mimi Rocah, who explains how Bondi exposed herself as an unreliable defender of the rule of law—and what that telegraphs about the coming hellscape of 2025. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:42.9	This is the Daily Blast from the New Republic, produced and presented by the DSR Network.
0:45.2	I'm your host, Greg Sargent.
0:58.5	On Wednesday, Donald Trump's nominee for Attorney General, Pam Bondi, had her confirmation hearing.
1:06.3	In some ways, Bondi sought to project an aura of apolitical professionalism designed to put Democratic senators at ease.
1:13.0	But Bondi also refused to answer a number of direct questions about Trump's threats to prosecute opponents, and also dissembled about similar threats voiced by Cash Patel Trump's pick to head the FBI.
1:20.4	We think that taken altogether, Bondi accidentally revealed something important.
1:25.3	At numerous moments, she could not say straight out that she wouldn't carry out
1:29.9	Trump's designs. Why? Because saying that would disqualify her in Trump's eyes, and that itself is the
1:37.2	problem here. Today, we're working through all this with Mimi Roka, a former prosecutor and now
1:43.0	a legal commentator.
1:45.6	Thanks for coming on, Mimi.
1:48.3	Thanks, Scott. It's great to be here with you.
1:51.9	So, Mimi, Pam Bondi is a bit of a puzzle.
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