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Trump has complained about Pam Bondi repeatedly to aides
Wall Street Journal via MSN ^ | January 12, 2026 | Josh Dawsey, Sadie Gurman, C. Ryan Barber

Posted on 01/18/2026 7:04:53 PM PST by DoodleBob

President Trump has complained to aides repeatedly in recent weeks about Attorney General Pam Bondi, describing her as weak and an ineffective enforcer of his agenda, administration officials and other people familiar with his complaints said.

The criticisms appear to be part of an intense campaign by Trump to pressure the Justice Department to more aggressively pursue his priorities, some of the officials said. Trump has previously criticized Bondi at times but his vocal concerns about his attorney general have grown more frequent in recent months, officials said.

This month, Trump has talked with allies about how he could appoint special counsels at the Justice Department because he is so frustrated with what he sees as the slow progress of its work, people familiar with the matter said.

Chief among his grievances is what he sees as Bondi’s failure to quickly and effectively prosecute the investigators who had pursued him for years, including former FBI Director James Comey and New York Democratic Attorney General Letitia James, the officials and others familiar with his complaints said. Both criminal cases were dismissed in November by a judge who said the Trump aide who secured the indictment had been improperly appointed to her post. Trump has wanted to see the cases continue quickly.

He has also heard from conservative activists and influencers criticizing Bondi, … And Trump has expressed frustration that the Justice Department hasn’t done more to pursue those he claims helped steal the 2020 election, which he lost, some of the people familiar with the complaints said.

At times Trump has complained to Bondi directly about his frustrations with the department, officials said.

Bondi has grown increasingly concerned in the past month about Trump’s complaints, people in touch with her say.

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Trump’s batting average at Attorney General sucks: Jeff Sessions, William Barr, Pam, and the forgotten Matthew Whittaker.

Meanwhile, we had four awful years of Merrick Garland with Biden. Obama gave us Eric Holder for 6 years and Loretta Lynch thereafter.

The contrast is stark.

1 posted on 01/18/2026 7:04:53 PM PST by DoodleBob
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To: DoodleBob

Trump could only get what the Senate would let him have.


2 posted on 01/18/2026 7:05:27 PM PST by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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To: DoodleBob

B.S.


3 posted on 01/18/2026 7:06:13 PM PST by MotorCityBuck (Keep the change, you are filthy animal !)
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To: DoodleBob

WSJ lies, has no access to POTUS or aides.


4 posted on 01/18/2026 7:07:49 PM PST by pacificus
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To: DoodleBob

It’s not Pam it’s her desk.
It’s a black hole where investigations and indictments disappear forever.


5 posted on 01/18/2026 7:09:25 PM PST by TigersEye (The Democrat/leftist strategy is "maximum chaos until collapse is acheived.")
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To: DoodleBob

“administration officials and other people familiar with his complaints said... The criticisms appear to be... some of the officials said... his vocal concerns about his attorney general have grown more frequent in recent months, officials said...”


6 posted on 01/18/2026 7:10:02 PM PST by Nervous Tick (Hope, as a righteous product of properly aligned Faith, IS in fact a strategy.)
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To: DoodleBob

I’m not a big fan of Bondi. I’d prefer a Patton in that position.

But when the source is the Wall Street Journal via MSN… well, I’m skeptical.


7 posted on 01/18/2026 7:10:10 PM PST by Leaning Right (It's morning in America. Again.)
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To: DoodleBob

“...lying sacks of MSN/WSJ sh!t Josh Dawsey, Sadie Gurman, C. Ryan Barber said...”


8 posted on 01/18/2026 7:11:37 PM PST by Nervous Tick (Hope, as a righteous product of properly aligned Faith, IS in fact a strategy.)
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To: DoodleBob

He should appoint Ken Paxton. But Tillis, McConnell, Murkowski, Collins won't confirm him so he'll only get 49 votes.

9 posted on 01/18/2026 7:11:49 PM PST by MinorityRepublican
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To: pacificus
WSJ lies, has no access to POTUS or aides.

This could be true. Nevertheless, Bondi has been a disaster. DOJ has accomplished very little in the past year.

Bondi is more of a Democrat asset than a Trump asset.

10 posted on 01/18/2026 7:13:09 PM PST by Right_Wing_Madman
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To: pacificus

Well the GOPe / Uniparty Wall Street Journal
would never lie to us

And of course MSN would never put out
DEMOCRAT ENEMY PROPAGANDA
to try and divide us


11 posted on 01/18/2026 7:15:56 PM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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To: MotorCityBuck

RE: “B.S.”

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In my estimation there are too many Trump bashers on this site (FR) now.


12 posted on 01/18/2026 7:26:48 PM PST by deks (America cannot be made great in complete isolation from the adversaries that are harming Americans)
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Nonsense. If he wanted her gone, she’d be gone and he’d put in an acting AG, no approval needed. She’s followed his instructions perfectly.


13 posted on 01/18/2026 7:27:22 PM PST by proust (All posts made under this handle are, for the intents and purposes of the author, considered satire.)
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To: DoodleBob
And Clinton gave us eight years of Janet Reno.

-PJ

14 posted on 01/18/2026 7:30:35 PM PST by Political Junkie Too ( * LAAP = Left-wing Activist Agitprop Press (formerly known as the MSM))
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Jeff sessions SHOULD have been perfect. And Trump MSN is your source of Bondi badmouthing? Really?


15 posted on 01/18/2026 7:31:07 PM PST by pissant
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To: DoodleBob

Does he know he’s the President?


16 posted on 01/18/2026 7:35:40 PM PST by DesertRhino (When men on the chessboard, get up and tell you where to go…)
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To: deks

“In my estimation there are too many Trump bashers on this site (FR) now.”

Yes. They either still have the hots for DeSantis or Heels UP.


17 posted on 01/18/2026 7:36:19 PM PST by odawg
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Be careful, Mr. President. Any criticism of Blondi and you'll be tagged as a Never Trumper by some here on FR.

Reportedly. According to sources close to the situation who request anonymity.

18 posted on 01/18/2026 7:36:34 PM PST by Texas Eagle ("Throw me to the wolves and I'll return leading the pack"- Donald J. Trump)
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To: dfwgator

Matt Whitaker.


19 posted on 01/18/2026 7:39:41 PM PST by skimbell
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To: pissant; Political Junkie Too

Aside from the fact that I can’t name ONE thing Bondi has done well, you know how I know she sucks?

The MSM isn’t whining about her.

I’m fact, they LOVE having her around. Her screwing up the Epstein file saga gives them ammo to trigger their opposition. And it works.


20 posted on 01/18/2026 7:40:28 PM PST by DoodleBob (Gravity's waiting period is about 9.8 m/s²)
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