Just because something happens that changes the makeup of the current administration does not mean it’s a good thing. With the ouster of AG Pam Bondi, we now face a new level of uncertainty in the Trump administration.
Todd Blanche does not represent an improvement in quality as the nation’s top “law enforcement officer”. As Trump’s former personal lawyer, we must consider how impartially he will apply U.S. law as he continues the work assigned to the Department by the president.
We should aim to restore normalcy, a time when the Department of Justice based its prosecutorial decisions on the facts, free from external or political influences. I’m uncertain whether Pam Bondi’s departure brings us closer to this goal or pushes us further toward the apparent misuse of the DOJ for political purposes.