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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(135,853 posts)
Sun Apr 5, 2026, 03:12 PM 4 hrs ago

Pam Bondi Reportedly Hopes President Trump Will Pardon Her: 'Attempting to Get Ahead of What's Coming'

Pam Bondi is apparently hoping President Donald Trump will throw her a lifeline after he fired her as United States attorney general on Thursday, April 2.

According to the Friday, April 3, edition of journalist Rob Shuter‘s Naughty But Nice Substack, the politician, 60, is hoping for “a full presidential pardon.”

“She’s scared,” a source told Shuter. “There are multiple investigations, lawsuits, and real exposure closing in fast. And now she doesn’t have the same protection.”

“Subpoenas, lawsuits, ethics complaints — this is escalating,” the source revealed. “It’s not going away.”

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/pam-bondi-reportedly-hopes-president-210708284.html

Sounds like she's aware of what happened to John Mitchell.

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Pam Bondi Reportedly Hopes President Trump Will Pardon Her: 'Attempting to Get Ahead of What's Coming' (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin 4 hrs ago OP
I'm sure she will get a pardon Fiendish Thingy 4 hrs ago #1
Why oh why do republicons always need PARDONS??? That's bluestarone 3 hrs ago #2
A pardon would only protect her from indictment and conviction for a federal crime. rsdsharp 3 hrs ago #3
One can only be pardoned for crimes that they acknowledge they are guilty of. dickthegrouch 3 hrs ago #4
A pardon isn't going to save her from disbarment... appmanga 3 hrs ago #5

Fiendish Thingy

(23,285 posts)
1. I'm sure she will get a pardon
Sun Apr 5, 2026, 03:19 PM
4 hrs ago

Otherwise, we may get to see the complete, unredacted Epstein files sooner than we expected.

rsdsharp

(12,019 posts)
3. A pardon would only protect her from indictment and conviction for a federal crime.
Sun Apr 5, 2026, 03:37 PM
3 hrs ago

That’s not a risk for the next 34 months; Trump’s DOJ won’t go after her.

She’s still subject to civil suits and subpoenas, as well as ethics proceedings — up to and including disbarment. To be honest, I don’t think state bar ethics complaints will really happen until Trump is gone. One way or the other.

dickthegrouch

(4,538 posts)
4. One can only be pardoned for crimes that they acknowledge they are guilty of.
Sun Apr 5, 2026, 03:38 PM
3 hrs ago

At least in the religious sense.
Pardoning automatically acknowledges guilt.
IMHO the pardon should list all the crimes the recipient acknowledged.

appmanga

(1,496 posts)
5. A pardon isn't going to save her from disbarment...
Sun Apr 5, 2026, 03:59 PM
3 hrs ago

...and there are plenty of former Trump lawyers and acolytes who tell her all about that including Rudy Giuliani, Sydney Powell, John Eastman, and I'm going to stop before I hit the character limit.

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