Pam Bondi encounters new Epstein nightmare - Another Day - Brian Tyler Cohen

BTC: Pam Bondi is out, but on the plus side, she can now add protected a pedophile ring to her resume. This is just another day.

Well, I think we all knew it was just a matter of time.

[cut to video at White House from Fox News]
Peter Doocy: Kayleigh, I just got off the phone with President Trump. We have a big scoop. Pam Bondi will soon leave her job as the attorney general. She is going to get a different job within the administration. And it doesn't sound like there is any bad blood between her and President Trump, but it does seem like uh they want her to go and do something else.

[cut to studio]
BTC: Yep. No bad blood here at all. Donald Trump merely thinks that at this point in time, Pam Bondi could best serve her country by moving on to a different position. Something that's, let's say, just a hop, skip, and a jump away from any place in the general vicinity of his administration, Washington DC, or any location where he has to see her face or hear her voice ever again. But again, no bad blood and he is more than willing to write a glowing recommendation for any future job she might be seeking, assuming that job is in a secluded underground cave.

I'll tell you who has got to be nervous right now is Pam Bondi's husband. Because if there's one thing that we've learned over the past few weeks, it's that when your spouse gets fired from the Trump administration, it is only a matter of time before the world finds out what you're into. In fact, if you listen closely, you can hear the sounds of Bondi's husband furiously hitting the delete button on his computer. A practice his wife is pretty familiar with.

But while the rest of us may have learned of Pam Bondi's departure today, word is she's been sitting on this news just a tad bit longer.

[cut to video from Fox News]
Reporter: During this ride in the beast to and from the Supreme Court yesterday, President Trump and Attorney General Bondi talked about the possibility of her leaving DOJ.

[cut to studio]
BTC: Yes. It's merely the possibility that this would happen. Reports say that this was a very jovial yet ambiguous discussion in the president's car where they discussed a myriad of topics including one of Donald Trump's favorite shows, Dead to Me, one of Trump's favorite movies, This is the End, and all while listening to one of Trump's favorite Taylor Swift songs, We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together.

But I guess now begins Donald Trump's endless quest to fill Pam Bondi's shoes.

[cut to video to ABC News]
White House Reporter: The Deputy Attorney General, Todd Blanche, will now be serving as the acting attorney general of the United States.

[cut to studio]
BTC: Well, that was a quick quest, but what a relief for our country that our Justice Department will now be run, albeit on an interim basis, by Donald Trump's former defense attorney. Replacing Pam Bondi with Todd Blanche is like kicking Lauren Boebert out of a Broadway musical, but still telling her she can get handsy in the theater just next door. But maybe we shouldn't worry too much. Word is Blanche might not be long for this gig either.

[cut to video from Fox News]
Peter Doocy: There are some names that are out there. The New York Times is reporting that uh Lee Zeldin has talked to the president about the possibility. We know that there are also a bunch of former state attorney generals who are serving as Republicans in the Senate right now. Uh we don't know how seriously President Trump would look at any of them or if there's somebody from outside the administration, not an elected lawmaker, who the president might like for this.

[cut to studio]
BTC: That's right. There are so many possible candidates who could possibly fill this position that would bring the same level of care to the job like Bondi did with the Epstein files. Some of the other names being bandied about are Harvey Weinstein, Bill Cosby, and Jared from Subway. The fact of the matter is there are many factors for Trump to consider when it comes to picking his next attorney general.

[cut to video from Fox News]
John Yoo: If President Trump and his advisers think that they're going to lose the House, I have every expectation that the House is going to launch an impeachment inquiry just like they did in his first term and they will try to remove him from office. You would want someone, I think, who is more of an inside Washington DC person who's gone through this before. You need experienced hands, I think, to mount an effective defense.

[cut to studio]
BTC: That's right. If you think you're about to be impeached because you infiltrated American cities with masked goon squads, tried to silence free speech, willfully ignored the Supreme Court decisions, used your office to enrich yourself and your family, violated the emoluments clause by scoring yourself a jet from Qatar, tried to rig our elections, and went around Congress to launch a war with Iran, the answer isn't to maybe not do those things. It is to put a lawyer in place who will help you continue to do those things. [inset image of John Yoo]

But with Bondi's departure today, there are a lot of questions going around. Questions like, shouldn't this have happened a year ago? How can one person be so terrible at her job? And how does she sleep at night? But there's some other questions, too.

[cut to video from Fox Business News]
Unidentified Host: She was supposed to be deposed by a House committee later this month, wasn't she? Didn't Wasn't she subpoenaed by a House committee on the Epstein files? I think I So, I don't know if that's Maybe that doesn't happen now. Maybe it does if she's not in this role.

[cut to studio]
BTC: Yeah, you know how it is. Once you leave your job, you can't even remember what even went on there. It's like, was there a coffee machine? Which floor were the bathrooms on? Which billionaire's reputation did I protect by redacting their names on millions of documents? The usual. But no matter how you look at it, it is impossible for anyone to look at Pam Bondi's time as attorney general as anything but an abject failure.

[cut to video from Fox News]
Blonde Host #1: She's done an incredible job. I mean, this is a very tough job to come in and be attorney general of the United States. I give her a lot of credit for what she's been able to do.

Blonde Host #2: I will commend her. Um she's a patriot. She has been on the front lines for many, many years fighting for America.

Blonde Host #1: She's done an incredible job um you know in this role and yeah, we love her in Florida and I think the United States owes her a debt of gratitude.

Jim Trusty: I do think a victory lap for her and the president is is worthwhile.

[cut to studio]
BTC: Or that. Are you out of your minds? From day one, this woman did whatever Trump wanted to subvert the Constitution and skirt the law, not to mention dragged her feet every step of the way on the Epstein files.

[cut to video]
Pam Bondi: Under the Epstein Transparency Act, we had 30 days to redact and release under the law that was passed 3 million documents. If you stack those up, that's the height of the Eiffel Tower.

[cut to studio]
BTC: First of all, you didn't have 30 days. You had over a year. Remember?

[inset video]
Pam Bondi: It's sitting on my desk right now to review.

BTC: And second, you're not doing yourself any favors by talking about how massive the Epstein files are. I don't think people are now going, "Hey guys, let's lay off Pam Bondi, okay? She has an Eiffel Towers worth of rape accusations to sift through."

But a 1,000 feet worth of rape accusations aside, it's worth asking why Trump suddenly felt the need to discard her.

[cut to video from Fox News]
Jonathan Turley: What is surprising about uh this action is that Pam Bondi was the was a true loyalist. I mean, she has been consistently by his side in the thick of it from impeachment to fighting the early fights in this administration. She has been loyal and she has been uh aggressive. Uh she has had many of the traits that the president values the most and that's why I believe it's coming as a a considerable surprise to many.

[cut to studio]
BTC: Yes. So many people are shocked by this firing. They're the same people who are thrown for a loop when they find a fork in the kitchen. In fact, some of those most taken back by the departure of such a loyal servant to Donald Trump are Michael Cohen, Ronna McDaniel, Rex Tillerson, Kayleigh McEnany, Rudy Giuliani, Mike Pence, Marjorie Taylor Greene, and Kristi Noem. There is absolutely nothing surprising about Pam Bondi getting fired. The only surprising thing is that Bondi thought she might be different, that she might be special.

Donald Trump does not care about anyone but himself, which means you will be a necessary part of his inner circle until you no longer serve your purpose of doing whatever he wants whenever he wants. Laws be damned.

And look, if you took a job in Donald Trump's second administration, choosing to work for a man who incited an insurrection and was found guilty of sexual abuse, it is safe to say morality was not your top priority. But people keep taking the gigs. So good luck to Todd Blanche or Lee Zeldin or whoever else is dumb enough to take that position because what's the great re reward for debasing yourself for Trump? How are you repaid for your abject humiliation? For discarding your integrity and dignity? Well, besides being unceremoniously discarded, if you're Pam Bondi, you also get to be forever known as the woman who did her damnedest to thwart justice for the victims of a pedophile ring. Pretty sweet, right?

And just for the record, if you work for Trump and had lunch with the convicted rapist…

[inset video]
Howard Lutnick: We had lunch on the island. That is true. For an hour…

BTC: …you get to stay. But if you reign cover for Donald Trump's rapist friends, you got to go. That is why Pam Bondi was fired. Because Donald Trump thought her ludicrous deflections and excuses for a sexual predator didn't go far enough. Or to put that another way,

[cut to video from Fox News]
Blonde Host #1: She’s done an incredible job.

[cut to studio]
BTC: Totally.