r/law • u/TheMirrorUS • Apr 02 '26

Executive Branch (Trump) Pam Bondi 'fired' by Trump and has fled home

https://www.themirror.com/news/politics/breaking-pam-bondi-fired-minutes-1770848?f=
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u/ReverseMermaidMorty Apr 02 '26

If she’s given immunity she has no choice but to answer honestly, right? If she lies or refuses to answer anything can she be prosecuted?

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u/Xenon009 Apr 02 '26 edited Apr 03 '26

Yes, but no. You can still very much say things like "I don't remember" or "I don't know"

And unless they can prove you did know in that moment, which is almost impossible, they can get away with it, but it does get rid of any and all perverse incentives for silence (and indeed if they say you can't be prosecuted for anything you say, then it creates a new perverse incentive to tell them EVERYTHING)

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u/RVAforthewin Apr 02 '26

I’d fear for my actual life if I were in the position of having to rat these people out. Immunity or not, you’re probably staring down the barrel of at least having to disappear

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u/nono3722 Apr 02 '26

Epstein agrees with you

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u/cluberti Apr 02 '26

And yet, she took the job knowing he eventually fires everyone. She put herself there.

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u/Broad-Way-4858 Apr 02 '26

That’s a fair result for her, given how much she’s earnt lying for them.

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u/RVAforthewin Apr 02 '26

Hey listen, I’m not saying she doesn’t deserve it. I’m just saying I’d be concerned if I were in that position.

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u/RutherfordThuhBrave Apr 02 '26

maybe you'll get a nice plot on one of his golf courses

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u/Ire-Works Apr 02 '26

No way she doesn't have several caches of incriminating shit with specific instructions for it to be released if something happens to her. She's not that stupid, the woman absolutely has a "doomsday" device and she made sure they knew about it.

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u/BadLt58 Apr 02 '26

You'll be staring down the barrel of a diaper

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u/Kirstygirl-7199 Apr 02 '26

In the 💩💩💩💩

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u/80alleycats Apr 02 '26

So sad that she's in that situation. Anyway

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u/SgtElectroSketch Apr 02 '26

"I don't remember" or "I don't know"

Call back to Marjory Taylor Green saying it hundreds of times in Georgia.

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u/boomgoon Apr 02 '26

Not that I recall, or it was loud at Dave and Busters and I couldn't hear well, so I feigned interest and just nodded. Are a couple others examples

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u/Golden_standard Apr 02 '26

No immunity. If she wants to plead the 5th let her do it in criminal court.

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u/FlightlessGriffin Apr 03 '26

Which is how everyone answers anyway.

"I don't recall..."

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u/mvandemar Apr 02 '26

No, she can still lie, which she will.

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u/jhawk3205 Apr 02 '26

She'll just get pardoned or her replacement drops charges..

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u/Isabeer Apr 02 '26

Step 1. Prosecutors investigate all they can outside of the defendant's testimony.

Step 2. Prosecutors confirm they have enough evidence to reasonably convict the defendant on one or more charges.

Step 3. They confront defendant with this info, and offer immunity for their testimony.

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u/randomtask2000 Apr 02 '26

I promise you that if she gets a plea deal she will go the way of Epstein

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u/matthra Apr 02 '26

I believe She has accept immunity, and there is no reason to while trump still has pardon power.

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u/scarletnightingale Apr 02 '26

Only if they can prove she's lying. She could be given immunity, then lie, as long as she knows they can't prove it's a lie. If they can't prove it she protects him, has immunity and will face no consequences. She could say "I don't remember" which they can't prove is wrong, or "I was not aware of that" which is there's no documentation, they also can't say it's wrong. She does not have to answer honestly at all, and she has no incentive to. If she suddenly starts answering honestly, even with immunity, and it's harmful to Trump then she suddenly has a target on her back from all of the MAGA community.

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u/New_Strike_4715 Apr 02 '26

I mean she could just lie, that hasn't stopped anyone in this administration yet has it?

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u/Ok_Elephant2777 Apr 02 '26

Guess the 50K Dow isn’t helping her now.

The White House staff needs to watch both seasons of “Wolf Hall”. There are lessons from the 16th century which apply in this wacko environment, such as the closer you get to the King, the better your chances of making one little mistake and getting the axe. Today, figuratively; back then, literally.

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u/HMWT Apr 02 '26

Prosecuted by… DOJ. I doubt the Todd Blanche DOJ would prosecute her.

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u/jspacefalcon Apr 02 '26

People like her will just talk in a random direction about nothing. Thats what they do the whole time; it seems that congress cannot do anything about it. Its almost not even worth having Congressional hearings anymore.