Attorney General Pam Bondi was caught off guard Thursday when President Donald Trump’s handpicked US attorney, Lindsey Halligan, secured New York Attorney General Letitia James’ indictment from a grand jury, two sources familiar with what happened told CNN. Halligan, who has been running the Eastern District of Virginia for just over two weeks, did not coordinate with Bondi or other …
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For more politics coverage and analysis, sign up for Here’s the Deal, our weekly politics newsletter, here. Democratic senators had questions. Attorney General Pam Bondi wasn’t answering them. Appearing Tuesday before the Senate Judiciary Committee for the first time since her confirmation hearing, Bondi was light on direct answers as Democrats pressed her on the ways President Donald Trump might …
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Attorney General Pam Bondi’s appearance before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday showed the sharp divide between the left and the right on how justice in the US is being carried out. Democrats and Republicans repeatedly talked past one another throughout the hearing, pointing fingers across the aisle over who was to blame for weaponizing the Justice Department. Democrats accused …
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Attorney General Pam Bondi and the Justice Department are facing blowback over their effort to block a lawsuit from members of the far-right Proud Boys, who are seeking financial reimbursement for their criminal cases and imprisonment for offenses stemming from the Jan. 6, 2021 Capitol riot. The Proud Boys Jan. 6 rioters, who met in a social media “X spaces” …
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Mayor Michelle Wu, joined by community members and elected officials, responds to the recent letter from the Department of Justice at a press conference at City Hall Plaza. (Jesse Costa/WBUR) Boston Mayor Michelle Wu shot back at U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi’s demands to expand the city’s policies to work with immigration enforcement in a letter Tuesday, condemning what she …
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