This story is getting more and more weird everyday. Bondi works for Trump, she does what he wants not what she wants. Unless she is doing this all on her own, starting from the disastrous fiasco a few months ago with the binder release, which was IDIOTIC, it made her look like a moron, hey maybe I dont know her well enough and she is an idiot to now this..so I honestly dont have a clue what is going on. Unless Bondi has decided on her own to not release anything on Epstein, Trump can with ONE phone call demand she release everything she has otherwise she’s gone
She made promises she could not keep.........
Here is my read:
—President Trump likes Pam Bondi and cuts her a lot of slack, even when she makes mistakes
—Bondi has some major weaknesses
1. She loves mass media attention
2. She is prone to making public statements when she does not have the receipts to back up those statements
3. She wanted to be the great “heroine” in the Epstein matter. It was critical to her identity as a successful woman with this important job.
4. She does not like to admit when she has made mistakes.
5. She will get legalistic or even lie in order to avoid such admissions.
6. She will throw other people under the bus to make herself look good.
7. Whatever is in the Epstein files will not match her previous public statements and will make her look like a fool.
8. Therefore she is the one who is against full disclosure.
President Trump is trying to save her from humiliation and as a result he signed off on the “case closed, no evidence” approach.
If President Trump gives up on her (fires her) then the DOJ can get transparent on the Epstein case and we will see what they have.
Good post.
Re Bondi looking like a moron...notice that Trump cut Bondi off not once, but twice, and said Epstein was a “waste of time” so obviously that was telling her to cut it off. Bondi didn’t take the hint and started re-parsing her previous statements to John Roberts. Most people are bright enough to take a strong hint from their boss.
But to your point that Trump can simply demand she release everything, that is something very fundamental to this whole scandal that is being overlooked. He can call all three in and get them on the same page, which is probably Step #1 in terms of managing this mess.