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Did someone say “improper”? 🤔https://bsky.app/profile/ddayen.bsky.social/post/3lo4hwa7bq22o
ddayen.bsky.social David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · May 1
Very interesting letter to the Florida Bar Association from Reps. @daveminca.bsky.social and @mikelevin.org suggesting that Pam Bondi violated the state bar’s Rules of Professional Conduct on multiple occasions as Attorney General:
II. Approval of Unethical and Illegal Bribery Arrangement Involving New York Mayor Eric Adams According to public reports, Attorney General Bondi was involved in approving an arrangement that potentially appears to be a quid pro quo agreement that violates federal law and multiple ethical rules: 1. The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York had investigated and charged Mayor Eric Adams with public corruption offenses. 2. Following the election, Mayor Adams reportedly began lobbying President-elect Trump to support him. 3. After President Trump took office, Adams' attorneys proposed that in exchange for Adams supporting the President's plan to arrest and deport undocumented immigrants in New York City, the Department of Justice would drop the pending charges against him. 4. Acting Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove, apparently with the approval of Attorney General Bondi, directed the U.S. Attorney's Office to dismiss the charges without prejudice—a maneuver that would allow the DOJ to reinstate charges if Mayor Adams failed to fulfill his part of the arrangement. 5. Then-Acting U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York Danielle Sassoon refused to comply with this directive and sent a letter to Attorney General Bondi describing the improper quid pro quo arrangement. Sassoon requested that Bondi overrule Bove or accept Sassoon's resignation. 6. With what appears to be Attorney General Bondi's authorization, Bove accepted Sassoon's resignation, threatened her and other prosecutors with retaliatory investigations, and pressured prosecutors in Washington to file a motion to dismiss the charges against Mayor Adams. 7. In court proceedings, Mr. Bove allegedly misrepresented to the judge that there was no quid pro quo arrangement, apparently with Attorney General Bondi's knowledge and approval. III. Oversight of Unlawful Conduct in J.G.G. v. Trump Attorney General Bondi has also apparently approved legally questionable positions and tactics in a case involving the deportation of Venezuelan nationals: 1. In J.G.G. v. Trump, the Department of Justice has taken the position that the Alien Enemies Act allows the government to deport individuals based solely on the President's determination, without any legal due process, that they are part of an "invasion" or "predatory incursion" by a "foreign nation or government." 2. When Chief Judge James Boasberg of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia scheduled a hearing on a temporary restraining order to prevent these deportations, the government apparently expedited the deportation plans, placing some individuals on flights to El Salvador just as the hearing was beginning. 3. Chief Judge Boasberg issued an order from the bench prohibiting the government from deporting any of the plaintiffs until he had ruled further on the case, and ordered the return of any individuals who were already on departing flights. Despite this order, several planes reportedly continued to El Salvador, where the men were imprisoned. 4. The Department of Justice, presumably with Attorney General Bondi's authorization, has taken the legally dubious position that the court lacks authority to review the President's decision under the Alien Enemies Act and that the plaintiffs are not entitled to due process. 5. The Department has also argued that it was not required to comply with the judge's oral order—another legally questionable position. 6. Most troublingly, the Department refused to comply with Judge Boasberg's demand for information about when the flights departed, which would allow the court to determine whether the government knowingly violated the court's order. IV. Improper Public Comments Regarding the Federal and State Judiciary and Federal and State Judges Attorney General Bondi has made several public statements that appear designed to undermine the judiciary and potentially endanger federal and state judges: 1. Bondi publicly accused Chief Judge Boasberg, the Chief Judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, of "trying to protect terrorists who invaded our country over American citizens"—a statement she knew or should have known to be false. Chief Judge Boasberg has been properly fulfilling his judicial role by seeking to maintain the status quo while determining whether the government's actions have a lawful basis and whether the plaintiffs have received due process. 2. There is no evidence to date that the plaintiffs are "terrorists," and Attorney General Bondi's characterization of Judge Boasberg's actions is a gross misrepresentation of his judicial conduct. 3. Following the arrest of Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan for allegedly obstructing an immigrant arrest, Attorney General Bondi described specific judges as “deranged” and attempted to characterize a wider swatch of the federal judiciary as “think[ing] [that] they are beyond and above the law”. She also stated that “[w]e are going to prosecute you, and we are prosecuting you”, which seems intended to impose a chilling effect on the separation of powers and judicial independence.
July 29, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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-Trump was already elected by December 6, 2016
So what is the conspiracy? That Obama created Trump Russia AFTER he was elected?

Tell Tulsi to “go chase Dalmatians, Cruella.”
July 19, 2025 at 8:23 PM
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Poopeediaperpantshead.
April 9, 2025 at 11:44 PM
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I’ll bet they have killer biscuits and gravy with cheesy grits.
March 4, 2025 at 12:49 AM
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He looks so very small
March 1, 2025 at 12:17 AM
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I don’t get the ruling against the AP where the judge couldn’t see the harm to the AP. Boo hiss on this ruling.
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February 25, 2025 at 8:36 PM
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They used to call us “bleeding heart liberals “ back in the day (hs class 72). I took it as a compliment like being woke.
February 23, 2025 at 12:03 AM
layladog.bsky.social
I think they do and that’s why they aren’t challenging the magamuskhead when they have the opportunity. Thank goodness for Ms. Collins,who might be next to lose access.
February 20, 2025 at 2:59 PM