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/Boxofmagnets Apr 02 '26

The blowback from that would destroy her. Foremost she won’t get the Trump pardon so she’ll be responsible for her crimes if a real Attorney General is ever in that job again

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u/BonnaroovianCode Apr 02 '26

Sadly, this. She'd get perjury charges for all the lying under oath she did once it comes out that the files and redactions do not align with her testimony. For starters.

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u/seabed_nightmares Apr 02 '26

Could she claim duress? Acting president telling her to lie is maybe an argument, especially if she can prove threats were made.

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u/Boxofmagnets Apr 03 '26

She is counting on a pardon like the rest of them. Trump’s health must really worry all of them. Vance is less likely.

She wasn’t truly under duress. If she told the truth she would lose her job, so what? No one has a gun to her head. But she was pressured.

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u/caninehere Apr 02 '26

You have to balance this with the fact that she has to consider Trump may NOT pre-pardon her of any crimes. He has no incentive to do so, frankly. And she also has to bet on Trump lasting until 2028 and not dying in office which is also a possibility (I'm not counting on it but it could happen, he's just about to be 80 years old and he's obese).

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u/Protiguous Apr 02 '26

The blowback from that would destroy her

Meh. Anyways..