Former Trump admin attorney insists Pam Bondi is ‘not going’ anywhere

An establishment-siding former Trump administration attorney weighed in on the FBI’s ultimatum to Attorney General Pam Bondi with “no question” as to where the president lands.

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After a week of swirling controversy and mounting concern over accountability regarding the latest from the Justice Department on the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino had reportedly determined that if Bondi isn’t ousted, he’s leaving. As Director Kash Patel and ample conservative voices agreed, former Assistant U.S. Attorney Ty Cobb insisted, “Bondi’s not going.”

The Reagan-era official who’d served as a legal counsel during President Donald Trump’s first administration, despite not supporting him, was the go-to for commentary Friday by CNN’s “OutFront” host Erin Burnett.

After harping on details that found the president “implicated” as someone who’d associated with Epstein prior to the financier’s conviction, Cobb suggested that no one would have predicted this issue would devolve into a “circular firing squad.” He then argued about Bongino’s ultimatum that the former U.S. Secret Service member and commentator’s time as a G-man was limited.

“I think Patel clearly has gotten the message, because he sort of silently sat on the sidelines and rallied behind the team concept that the White House and the Justice Department are trying to sell. And I think what you’ll see is that Bongino … either has to come back from the weekend and say, ‘Gee, sorry I had a bad day …’ or he’s gone,” contended the attorney, who added. “Bondi’s not going.”

Seeking more from her guest, Burnett probed, “So, Bondi versus Bongino, to Trump, you have no question that Trump would choose Bondi?”

“That’s true and for a specific reason, which is, Bondi, like [Defense Secretary Pete] Hegseth, is very senior to the other people in their departments who are screwing up,” contended the attorney. “And while they’ve both been a huge embarrassment and done some just astonishing things, and for the history of the country, if he terminates one of them — he picked ’em. And he put ’em in those senior positions, and it’ll be a huge embarrassment to him. So, the further down the pecking order you go, if you’re Trump, in his thinking, if somebody leaves that’s further down, if it’s not the top dog, it’s not as big a reflection on him.”

Contrary to Cobb’s stated position, the president had demonstrated no issue with replacing high-level officials in his first term, including the attorney general, as his first, Jeff Sessions, had been replaced by Bill Barr in late 2018 after the former’s inaction regarding the Russian collusion investigations.

As for Burnett’s guest, the attorney had been one of around 200 signatories that included John Podesta, Neera Tanden, retired Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, and Randi Weingarten in an open letter against investigations of former national security officials Chris Krebs and Miles Taylor, who had their security clearances revoked by the president.

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Native of Brooklyn, NY, Kevin Haggerty is a graduate of Hunter College where he studied Cultural Anthropology and Geography. An avid reader and truth seeker, he currently resides in Texas with his wife and their dog and, when he isn’t researching current events and their impacts, you’ll find him spending time with friends and family or working on his next novel.

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