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bigtree

(94,286 posts)
Thu Apr 2, 2026, 02:16 PM 10 hrs ago

Trump fired Bondi because she wasn't doing enough to keep his Epstein related crimes hidden

...so, in trots the adjudicated rapist's sex crimes fixer who was lead counsel for Donald Trump in his Stormy Daniels hush money/campaign fraud trial to take over the coverup.



Acyn @Acyn
Todd Blanche: I represented President Trump the Manhattan D.A. Case and in Jack Smith's prosecutions… There is not a single man or woman at the DOJ who had anything to do with those prosecutions.

Schlapp: How many have been canned?

Blanche: Over 200 either left before we came in because they knew it was coming or were fired or took early retirement. They are no longer employed by this department.


___New Jersey Governor Chris Christie responded to Blanche’s comments:

“This is the single, most damaging thing to the long term stability of our institutions that has happened in the second Trump term. The dismantling of the Department of Justice and the greater partisan activity, as the Deputy Attorney General just admitted…the only reason these people were let go was because they followed the direction of the rightfully appointed Attorney General of the United States, confirmed by the United States Senate, to conduct investigations. And because they did that, they’re being fired.”




Trump attorney Emil Bove listens as Todd Blanche and President-elect Donald Trump appear virtually for sentencing for Trump’s hush money conviction in a Manhattan courtroom on Friday, Jan. 10, 2025 in New York. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via AP, Pool)

Todd Blanche Trump lawyer accused of 'stunning interference' to hide Epstein info: 'This reeks'
https://www.rawstory.com/todd-blanche-epstein-files/

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Trump fired Bondi because she wasn't doing enough to keep his Epstein related crimes hidden (Original Post) bigtree 10 hrs ago OP
He thinks Lee Zeldin can do any better. SSJVegeta 10 hrs ago #1
Twenty-two lawyers file ethics complaint against Zeldin in connection with presidential election bigtree 6 hrs ago #4
Ugh. People like zeldin and Bondi are the reason for all the lawyer jokes SSJVegeta 5 hrs ago #7
Can't fire rape facts Whip-poor-will 10 hrs ago #2
if he lives long enough bigtree 8 hrs ago #3
I also read she was "two-face" against Trump, giving Eric Swalell pointers or telling him stuff... LeftInTX 6 hrs ago #5
it wasn't how much she bent over for him bigtree 5 hrs ago #6
Rep. Swalwell responds bigtree 2 hrs ago #8

bigtree

(94,286 posts)
4. Twenty-two lawyers file ethics complaint against Zeldin in connection with presidential election
Thu Apr 2, 2026, 06:08 PM
6 hrs ago

Twenty-two New York lawyers filed a complaint against Rep. Lee Zeldin, accusing him of violating “the most fundamental ethics rules, including participating in frivolous litigation, making false statements regarding the presidential election, and committing, arguably, a criminal act that reflects on his trustworthiness.”

The complaint says Zeldin participated in “frivolous” litigation and engaged in “professional misconduct” involving “dishonesty, fraud, deceit or misrepresentation” by signing on to an amicus brief in support of a lawsuit brought in the U.S. Supreme Court by the State of Texas Dec. 8 that sought to invalidate the election results in Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin — four battleground states won by Joe Biden in the 2020 presidential election.

Zeldin was one of 126 House Republicans who signed the amicus brief in support of the Texas lawsuit, which was rejected by the Supreme Court on Dec. 11 for lack of standing, the legal right to sue.

The complaint to the grievance committee, a copy of which was obtained by RiverheadLOCAL Monday night, says Zeldin signed on to the brief “despite the fact that numerous courts in eight different states, including the Third Circuit Court of Appeals, had already dismissed such meritless claims.”

Beyond that, the complaint states, “In the absence of any evidence of systemic malfeasance or fraud, he made public statements questioning the results of the presidential election and has spent weeks undermining confidence in the credibility and integrity of our election process.”

Zeldin — a staunch, outspoken supporter of President Trump — continued to question the presidential election results “without proof,” despite the Electoral College’s ratification of the results, the complaint states.

https://riverheadlocal.com/2021/01/26/twenty-two-lawyers-file-ethics-complaint-against-zeldin-in-connection-with-presidential-election/

Whip-poor-will

(254 posts)
2. Can't fire rape facts
Thu Apr 2, 2026, 02:25 PM
10 hrs ago

Drip drip drip

The little girls are waiting for justice from their rapists .

If he wasn't above the law he would be rotten in jail but until he dies the facts remain .

Drip Epstein drip

bigtree

(94,286 posts)
3. if he lives long enough
Thu Apr 2, 2026, 04:09 PM
8 hrs ago

...he'll be dogged by the evidence for the rest of his life.

And, Blanche without that immunity from prosecution.

LeftInTX

(34,314 posts)
5. I also read she was "two-face" against Trump, giving Eric Swalell pointers or telling him stuff...
Thu Apr 2, 2026, 06:11 PM
6 hrs ago

Maybe she was trying to be fair to Eric, while putting on a face of MAGA.....

Anyway, Trump said that she wasn't going after his political enemies like he wanted.

bigtree

(94,286 posts)
6. it wasn't how much she bent over for him
Thu Apr 2, 2026, 06:55 PM
5 hrs ago

...it was about the absurd results Trump demanded from her which ran up hard against the constitution and the law.

He'll find another cult member to tell him what he wants to hear, and tolerate them until he's underwater.

There's only so far he can run, though.

bigtree

(94,286 posts)
8. Rep. Swalwell responds
Thu Apr 2, 2026, 10:18 PM
2 hrs ago
Acyn @Acyn 2h
Swalwell: The attorney general did not tip us off. No one in her orbit tipped us off. It was FBI agents who tipped off the Washington Post because they saw this effort by Kash Patel and Donald Trump to try and interfere in a California governor's race
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