Another in an ongoing series
Dear Senator;
I am a resident of Pennsylvania and a constituent of yours and I'd like you to answer a question or two.
Before proceeding, I'd like to thank you for your most recent response to one of my letters. It is certainly gratifying to know that, especially now, your office takes the time to respond so diligently and so completely to constituent concerns.
Having said that, I'd like to ask you, again, about AG Pam Bondi - since you did vote to confirm her as head of Donald Trump's Department of Justice.
Bloomberg Law reports:
The Trump administration terminated at least three attorneys Friday who led prosecutions into Jan. 6 Capitol riot defendants, three people familiar with the moves said.
Two supervisors in the Capitol siege section in the Washington US attorney’s office and an assistant US attorney who handled numerous insurrection trials received notices from Attorney General Pam Bondi that their termination was effective immediately, said the sources, who spoke on condition of anonymity to share sensitive personnel matters.
These are the latest disciplinary actions taken against DOJ attorneys who brought criminal charges against the mob storming the Capitol in support of Trump’s bid to overturn the 2020 election results.
NBC is reporting:
The firings come at a time when the fallout from the Jan. 6 investigation — and Trump’s subsequent mass pardon of even the most violent rioters — continues to loom over employees at both the Justice Department and the FBI. Numerous current and former officials have told NBC News that the targeting of people who worked on the largest investigation in FBI history have had a chilling effect on the Justice Department workforce, and would leave career prosecutors and FBI officials hesitant to pursue cases against any Trump allies for fear of being targeted by the administration.
It's "horrifying" noted one federal law enforcement official.
Evidently, not only is this Trump's revenge for any DOJ attorney who prosecuted those who broke the law during Trump's attempted coup of January 2021, but it's just as evident that this is a warning for any DOJ official looking to investigate Trump for anything else he may have done or may do in the future.
Meanwhile, The New York Times is reporting:
A former F.B.I. agent who was charged with encouraging the mob that stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, to kill police officers has been named as an adviser to the Justice Department task force that President Trump established to seek retribution against his political enemies.
And:
Even in a Justice Department that has often been pressed into serving Mr. Trump’s political agenda, the appointment of Mr. Wise to the weaponization task force was a remarkable development. His selection meant that a man who had urged violence against police officers was now responsible for the department’s official effort to exact revenge against those who had tried to hold the rioters accountable.
Senator, you voted to confirm Pam Bondi as AG. Do you agree with anything described here? Is any of it good for the country? Does any of it further the cause of justice? Is this anything other than Trump's weaponization of a department that should be independent?
I'll await your answer, Senator.
