Posted on 01/06/2025 8:12:21 AM PST by SmokingJoe
The Department of Justice official who pushed for the armed raid on Mar-a-Lago, which ended up with documents that were available for the asking and a chance to riffle through Melania's underwear drawer, has retired. Jay Bratt, a 30-plus-year veteran of the Department of Justice, has tendered his resignation, saying staying on "wasn't worth it."
But three sources familiar with the move described it to SpyTalk as a significant and even chilling event previewing a potential exodus of seasoned government lawyers and FBI agents who fear the wrath of Pam Bondi, Trump ’s pick for attorney general, Kash Patel, his intended nominee for FBI Director, and their expected army of MAGA loyalists in line to fill out top posts.
“They’re forcing him out. There isn’t any doubt that, like [FBI Director Chris] Wray, he’s leaving to get ahead of the axe,” said one former Justice official who attended a farewell party for Bratt at the Justice Department’s seventh floor media center on Friday.
According to the report, Bratt, a senior executive service member, expected to be fired by incoming Attorney General Pam Bondi, and he would face a long-running and expensive "wrongful dismissal" lawsuit to be allowed to retire a la Andrew McCabe.
According to books and reporting on the issue, the FBI did not want to conduct a SWAT-style raid with shoot-to-kill orders on Mar-a-Lago, but Bratt insisted; see The Battle Over Raiding Mar-a-Lago: Some FBI Officials Were Concerned About the DOJ's Ultimate Goal.
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Anyone want to bet he leaves the country for Ukraine?
This jerk needs an IRS enema every year for the rest of his life.
Hopefully in solitary in a dungeon in the DC jail system.
We don't want or need that caliber of "seasoned" government lawyers and FIB agents.
They struck the king and failed, so they are bugging out before they get fired and keep whatever benefits they think they would lose if they got fired.
Another vulgar partisan hack resigns. These are the people who turned the FBI into the Democrat Party brown shirts. They violated the Constitution and they ought to be prosecuted.
30-years with DOJ
Resign or retire? Big difference.
Is he getting the government pension and then going to work for the liberal law firms that will flood the Trump admin with lawsuits?
They must be prosecuted for their crimes .
...and never forget, he also (likely) was the one who gave orders to shoot ANYONE, including Trump, who got in their way. Thankfully that plan didn’t work, so they went to Plan B in Pennsylvania and nearly pulled it off there.
According to books and reporting on the issue, the FBI did not want to conduct a SWAT-style raid with shoot-to-kill orders on Mar-a-Lago, but Bratt insisted; see The Battle Over Raiding Mar-a-Lago: Some FBI Officials Were Concerned About the DOJ’s Ultimate Goal.
bttt
Somehow, we’re all supposed to be concerned about the mass exodus of “seasoned government lawyers and FBI agents” who engaged in lawfare against President Trump and members of his 2017-2021 team. They could have learned a valuable life lesson by watching the HBO series “The Wire” before engaging in political warfare against the once and future president.
“I must resign, in order to spend more time with my attorneys.”
Sooner than later.
he has acquired the
“Smirk”
you know the one
the one bratt maydorkys wray and adam shift and all rhe other scum sport.
spit.
Old Billy was right.
Hopefully some pranksters will have him swatted several times.
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