Posted on 07/13/2025 8:10:35 AM PDT by MtnClimber
Attorney General Pam Bondi has trouble enough on her hands. I write not to add on to her woes, but to seize the opportunity to call attention to those poor souls sacrificed on the altar of racial appeasement, most notably George Zimmerman, but also Greg and Travis McMichael. They share the dubious honor of being abandoned by Republican governors and attorney generals too spineless to resist a Democrat-fueled mob.
Bondi’s original sin was her framing of Zimmerman for the 2012 shooting death of Trayvon Martin. I use the word “framing” with precision. I know the case as well as anyone other than Zimmerman and his attorneys. I wrote the definitive book on the subject, If I Had a Son, and consulted extensively with Joel Gilbert on his brilliantly researched film and companion book, The Trayvon Hoax. Over the years, I have become good friends with George and see him often. I have witnessed up close the toll the injustice he suffered has taken on his life.
There is no doubt that Zimmerman, 28 years old at the time, shot and killed the 17-year-old Martin. But there is also no doubt that Zimmerman was framed for Martin’s murder. He should never have been arrested, and should never have had to stand trial. He was saved from a life in prison by a six-woman jury too naive to anticipate the public shaming that awaited them when they voted to acquit.
Within weeks of the Feb. 26, 2012, shooting it was clear to anyone paying attention — shout out here to Sundance and the “Treepers” at the Conservative Tree House — that Zimmerman was the victim of a vicious, unprovoked assault by an aspiring MMA fighter nearly half-a-foot taller. Had Zimmerman not shot Martin he very likely would have been beaten to death.
On March 23, 2012, then-President Barack Obama yielded to the pressure from a leftist mob hopped up on four weeks of disinformation. By this time, the White House had access to all of the information the Sanford Police Department did. The courageous step for Obama would have been to defend the Sanford Police and to demand an end to the media lynching of Zimmerman — a Hispanic Obama supporter and civil rights activist.
As an African-American, Obama had more latitude to speak out than a white politician would have. He chose not to. Concluded Obama after some meaningless temporizing: “But my main message is to the parents of Trayvon — If I had a son, he would look like Trayvon.”
The State of Florida’s Republican leadership showed no more courage than Obama. After consulting with then-Attorney General Bondi, Gov. Rick Scott appointed Angela Corey as special prosecutor and washed his hands of the mess on his doorstep.
A week after Obama threw in with Martin’s family, Bondi did as well. She called his negligent parents “amazing people” and described the family attorneys as “friends of mine.” Ever judicious, Bondi added, “You never want to make an arrest too soon. We need justice, but you never want to make an arrest without having all the answers.” That said, she too backed away from the case — well, almost backed away.
Those “friends of mine,” most notably Martin attorney Benjamin Crump, were in the process of making Bondi’s life more difficult. Crump was badgering “Diamond,” the girl who was on the phone with Martin in the moments before his death, to tell the state attorneys a story Crump had concocted. ABC’s Matt Gutman might as well have been Crump’s press agent, headlining his article, “Trayvon Martin’s Last Phone Call Triggers Demand for Arrest Right Now.”
On April 2, 2012, State Attorney Bernie de la Rionda showed up in Miami expecting to depose Martin’s girlfriend, but the 16-year-old Diamond refused to perjure herself. The girl de la Rionda met instead was the 19-year-old, mentally challenged, morbidly obese Rachel Jeantel. Crump and Martin’s mother, Sybrina Fulton, insisted that Jeantel was Martin’s girlfriend, the “phone witness” who would testify that it was Zimmerman who provoked Martin. This interview led promptly to Zimmerman’s arrest.
Fearful of backlash from the Left, the state attorneys allowed the charade to proceed. For months, they did their best to hide Jeantel not only from the public but also from Zimmerman’s attorneys. Sensing something amiss, the defense attorneys asked to depose Crump. After a judge ruled against them, they appealed. In April 2013, Bondi put her thumb on the scale of justice and left fingerprints. She wrote a 41-page document arguing against the defense team’s request. Their request was denied.
The case proceeded to trial. In June 2013, Jeantel took the stand and tried to relate the story that Crump had fed her. For those who cared to see, her testimony confirmed what a sham the whole proceeding had been, but few bothered looking. The media had convinced their audiences to reject the evidence of their eyes and ears.
When Zimmerman was acquitted in July, the left erupted in outrage. Said Crump, “Trayvon Martin will forever remain in the annals of history next to Medgar Evers and Emmett Till, as symbols for the fight for equal justice for all.” Al Sharpton called the verdict an “atrocity.” In sympathy, three Marxist females coined the phrase “black lives matter” and launched a movement.
The useful idiots in the entertainment world joined the mindless rush to pile on. In Ireland, Bruce Springsteen sang a song in Trayvon’s honor. Justin Timberlake dedicated a song to Trayvon in Yankee Stadium. Stevie Wonder promised to boycott Florida unless the state repealed its Stand Your Ground law, which had nothing to do with the trial. Beyoncé sang “I will always love you” to Trayvon in Nashville then joined billionaire multimedia mogul Jay-Z for a vigil in New York....SNIP
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It seems Bondi was influenced by social pressure then, and possibly in the Epstein evidence now.
She was doing her job. That’s what a prosecutor does. Geez...
She is the biggest disappointment of the Trump admin.
Good to know this, but does she still believe that Zimmerman deserved to be prosecuted? If she does, fire her — for that reason alone.
Watch the extent of the support that she’s getting from Trump. She is doing exactly as ordered. I’m not happy about it either, but burying the Epstein Files appears to be a decision made at the very top.
She had a choice: put one white guy on trial or watch at least one city burn.
Note that President Trump congratulated Bondi on doing a great job while claiming the Epstein files are fake which meant...
Bondi was a fool who got scammed by the files.
Sorry, no, sge didn’t.
That’s real retarded, sir.
President Trump has a choice—make Bondi the scapegoat for the Epstein fiasco or watch his administration burn.
Karma is best served cold.
So, are you saying she sacrificed an innocent person because she caved to the mob?
And part of that job is discretion. She could have chosen to not prosecute. She chose poorly. As she is doing now. As Trump himself is choosing. What a disaster their shared cupidity has manifested.
There are many names here:
https://sonar21.com/the-epstein-client-list-why-is-trump-breaking-his-promise-to-publish/
No rational person would believe a majority would have done anything wrong with underage girls.
Bill Clinton is distinctive in voice and appearance. If he did wrong with Epstein’s harem we would know for sure by now.
Epstein was likely the NYC host with the most. I suspect he was free with wine and food. I suspect many rich New Yorkers also thought Epstein had inside stock market info as well as a well-stocked buffet table.
Epstein’s once teenage harem members would like to get on with their generally affluent lives. Ghislane Maxwell would not have recruited ‘dogs’ to service Epstein.
Bondi knows any trial could be required to be public as per Amendment VI. If the Epstein harem alumni told Bondi that they want to leave the past in the past, Bondi would probably sympathize.
“So, are you saying she sacrificed an innocent person because she caved to the mob?”
Yes!
So, do you agree with her decision?
Bondi seems to love media attention - she got out ahead of actual facts in the Epstein case and now she, Patel, Bongino and ultimately Trump are facing credibility issues because of her big mouth.
...and that is what is so disconcerting...
Zeepers have picked Bondi to attack because they know if they directly attacked President Trump, they’d be zotted ...
Frame innocent people?!?
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