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Bondi firing a reminder that even ultra-loyalists get dumped by Trump

The Guardian · · 692 words · By Sam Levine
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14 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“Pam Bondi’s swift dismissal on Thursday underscores a reality that has met Trump loyalists from Jeff Sessions to Kristi Noem – no amount of loyalty is enough to save oneself from being dumped by Donald Trump.”
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On September 25, 2025, James Comey, a former director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), was indicted by a federal grand jury in Virginia on two counts: one charge of making a false stateme…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On October 9, 2025, Letitia James, the attorney general of New York, was indicted by a federal grand jury in Virginia on two counts: one charge of bank fraud and one charge of making false statements …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prosecution_of_Letitia_James
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — William Pelham Barr (born May 23, 1950) is an American attorney who served as United States Attorney General in the administration of President George H. W. Bush from 1991 to 1993 and again in the fir…
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“Since the president assumed office last year, there have been few people more important to his effort to remake government than Bondi, his longtime friend.”
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Pamela Jo Bondi ( BON-dee; born November 17, 1965) is an American attorney and politician who served as the 87th United States attorney general from 2025 to 2026. A member of the Republican Party, she…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pam_Bondi
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Donald Trump assumed office as the 47th president of the United States on January 20, 2025. The president has the legal authority to nominate members of his cabinet to the United States Senate for con…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_cabinet_of_Donald_Trump
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Donald Trump's second and current tenure as the president of the United States began upon his inauguration as the 47th president on January 20, 2025. Trump, a Republican, previously served as the 45th…
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“Trump pledged that retribution would be the hallmark of his second term, and Bondi was the chief enforcer from her first day in office.”
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The religious views of Donald Trump, the 45th and 47th president of the United States, have been a matter for discussion among observers and the American public. Trump was raised in his Scottish-born …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_and_religion
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Pamela Jo Bondi ( BON-dee; born November 17, 1965) is an American attorney and politician who served as the 87th United States attorney general from 2025 to 2026. A member of the Republican Party, she…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pam_Bondi
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Donald Trump assumed office as the 47th president of the United States on January 20, 2025. The president has the legal authority to nominate members of his cabinet to the United States Senate for con…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_cabinet_of_Donald_Trump
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“She oversaw purges of career employees who had been assigned to work on the criminal cases against Trump as well as scores of career lawyers with irreplaceable expertise.”
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“She also oversaw politically motivated prosecutions against Trump’s political enemies, including former FBI director James Comey and New York attorney general Letitia James.”
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“Pam Bondi took a sledgehammer to the justice department and its workforce. The DoJ’s independence, integrity, and workforce have degraded more under her leadership than at any other time during the department’s 155-year history.”
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“Bondi met with prosecutors from the southern district of Florida to discuss the investigation into former CIA director John Brennan and others as recently as Wednesday, according to a person familiar with the matter.”
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“Trump reportedly fired her in part because she was unable to make progress on prosecuting his enemies and over the way she handled the Epstein files.”
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“A federal judge dismissed the cases against Comey and James last year after finding the prosecutor overseeing them, also a Trump loyalist, had been unlawfully appointed.”
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“Federal grand juries in Virginia also rebuffed efforts to re-indict James.”
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“Congress responded by passing a bipartisan law mandating the release of the files.”
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“The justice department has released millions of documents to comply with that law, but there are unexplained redactions and documents have appeared and disappeared from the department’s website.”
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“Bondi tried to save face with Trump – insulting and sparring pugilistically with members of Congress during public hearings and as recently as Wednesday was meeting with prosecutors and justice department officials to discuss an investigation into CIA director John Brennan and other Trump enemies.”
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“Countless and baseless political investigations, hundreds of career law enforcement professionals purged, a massive cover-up of the Epstein files, and a wholesale effort to turn the department into a criminal law firm representing the person of the president instead of the American people”
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