Ben Thomson, Legal contributing editor US lawyers have rallied in an unprecedented show of unity, with over 700 attorneys and legal organizations across the political spectrum joining forces to write to US Attorney General Pam Bondi urging her to take a stand in defense of lawyers’ and law firm independence. The action comes in response […]
President Donald Trump has continued his clemency marathon by granting a pardon to Nikola founder Trevor Milton, who donated $1.8 million to political action committees supporting the president’s White House bid last year. Milton, who founded the electric and hydrogen-powered truck startup in 2015, faced charges of defrauding investors. But after a personal phone call […]
Although President Donald Trump has been entrusted with control of the nation’s vast military might, including its nuclear weapons, he is not allowed to own a gun. He lost that right as a result of 34 state felony convictions involving falsification of business records. Whatever you think of the legally dubious case underlying those convictions, […]
As the manhunt for American citizens who participated in the events of January 6 accelerated in early 2021, the Biden Department of Justice took an unprecedented approach in the handling of political protesters: demand pretrial detention even for those charged with nonviolent offenses such as obstruction and conspiracy. A special prison for J6ers had been […]
MSNBC host Michael Steele put Attorney General Pam Bondi on blast on Saturday for her flippant approach to information security. “Is she being deliberately ignorant for the sake of playing down this whole thing?” Steele, a former head of the Republican National Committee, said on The Weekend. His comments came in response to a clip […]
Attorney General Pam Bondi argued several judges ruling on Trump administration cases need to be removed from their positions because “they cannot be objective” in their decisions. District court judges have halted many of President Donald Trump’s executive actions, highlighting the legal battles taking place as the new administration aims to shrink the size of […]
US Attorney General Pam Bondi Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images Attorney General Pam Bondi said that Josue Villatoro Santos, the alleged top MS-13 leader arrested on Thursday in Virginia, may have been recruited by the gang over 10 years ago. Speaking to Fox News’ Laura Ingraham, Bondi said “we believe he was recruited […]
A lot of things happened. Here are some of the things. This is TPM’s Morning Memo. Sign up for the email version. A Permanent Coverup Mechanism In highly unusual public statements about an unprecedented breach of national security at the highest levels of the U.S. government, Attorney General Pam Bondi not only shut the door on investigating […]
