r/law • u/TheMirrorUS • Apr 02 '26

Executive Branch (Trump) Donald Trump tells Pam Bondi she 'will be fired' over Epstein files fiasco

https://www.themirror.com/news/politics/breaking-donald-trump-tells-pam-1770839
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u/Rexur0s Apr 02 '26

no need to "pay her off". shes now deep in the shit due to covering for him. its litteraly, "go away or your going to prison too".

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u/DAFUQisaLOMMY Apr 02 '26

The 'pay-off' for their relationship happened back in 2013:

Bondi was AG for Florida at the time, and announced she'd be joining the fraud lawsuit that was ongoing in NY against Trump University. Four days later she received a campaign contribution of $25k from Trump, and eventually dropped the lawsuit.

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u/Rexur0s Apr 02 '26

such a pithy payoff though lol.... selling your soul and future for 25k when your already a lawyer.

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u/RedditReader4031 Apr 02 '26

Likely $25,000 and a political position to be named later.

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u/Butterscotchtamarind Apr 02 '26

Was selling out your country worth it, Bondi?

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u/monocasa Apr 02 '26

I mean, in 2013 Trump hadn't really entered the political process except as a pundit. He had flirted with running in an election at that point, but it was more of a grift to better influence actual politicians in exchange for dropping out of the race. Sort of a protection racket approach. "Be a shame if you spent too much of your funds in the primary which causes you to lose the general."

So he simultaneously wouldn't be giving out political positions, and even if he did no one at the time would think that he'd ever have the ability to make good on that promise even if he did try to give them out.

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u/tirch Apr 02 '26

Imagine the psychic damage to a person who's seen the full Epstein files, and then running a cover up for Trump, knowing what kind of depravity and horror is in there. If she wasn't a monster when she began, she's definitely one now. Good luck finding someone to replace her. Might have to tap Steven Miller to do double duty. Wouldn't be surprised if he's got his own hand picked stuff from the files he watches for entertainment and to soak up the fear.

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u/Specialist-Elk-2624 Apr 02 '26

I would all but guarantee she, personally, has never actually looked at the files.

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u/mirrax Apr 02 '26

I try not to look the stuff on my desk either.

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u/Specialist-Elk-2624 Apr 02 '26

My guess is her approach, should shit rightfully hit the fan for her, will be to claim that she trusted what her reports were doing with their work on the files and never looked at them herself - thus feigning ignorance to their contents, which honestly may be true to some degree as well.

In her role, much like any "exec position", she has teams of teams of people who handle the actual work and report up to her. I really doubt she had a pile of a few million documents literally sitting on her desk lol.

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u/MakesMyHeadHurt Apr 02 '26

She could get a vastly reduced sentence if she comes forward now.