CNN authorized knowledgeable Elie Honig basically flunked Pam Bondi on her first day as lawyer common Wednesday. (Watch the video beneath.)
After host Kaitlan Collins performed a clip of President Donald Trump musing whether or not Bondi may very well be neutral towards Democrats, Honig went on the offensive.
“The factor that jumped out to me at present… is basically Pam Bondi’s first act in workplace is to order an investigation of January sixth and the categorized paperwork prosecution of Donald Trump,” he mentioned. “That’s an outrageous factor to do in your first day. In the event you’re making an attempt to revive DOJ’s equilibrium and set up, ‘this as a nonpolitical place,’ that’s an overtly political quest.”
Honig made no bones about how he thinks the probe will play out.
“Sometime, six, eight, 10 months from now, we’re gonna get a report they usually’re gonna say, ‘These prosecutions of Donald Trump have been wildly corrupt and political and improper.’ It received’t come out some other means.”
On Wednesday Bondi created a “Weaponization Working Group” to focus on perceived “politicized justice,” together with particular counsel Jack Smith’s federal Jan. 6 and paperwork instances in opposition to Trump, The Washington Post reported.
Bondi, who refused to say that Trump lost the 2020 election at her affirmation listening to, additionally alleged federal cooperation in civil and felony New York state instances. She was going to have these appeared into as properly.
Bondi pledged not to play politics at her affirmation listening to. Honig hoped she’d persist with her promise.
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“Donald Trump received the election, these instances have been dismissed, they received,” he mentioned. “They need to depart properly alone and I don’t assume it’s good for morale or for the independence of the Division of justice for Pam Bondi to come back in on day 1 and order that.”
Quick-forward to 2:10 for Honig’s tackle Bondi:
