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David French

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
1977 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

The Bulwark Podcast
David French and Suhas Subramanyam: The Superpower Folded in Front of the Whole World

That was weaponizing the DOJ to investigate and prosecute the people who tried to overthrow an American election.

The Bulwark Podcast
David French and Suhas Subramanyam: The Superpower Folded in Front of the Whole World

They called that weaponization.

The Bulwark Podcast
David French and Suhas Subramanyam: The Superpower Folded in Front of the Whole World

And then here we've been watching play out in front of our eyes, weaponization so blatant

The Bulwark Podcast
David French and Suhas Subramanyam: The Superpower Folded in Front of the Whole World

that even grand juries won't indict?

The Bulwark Podcast
David French and Suhas Subramanyam: The Superpower Folded in Front of the Whole World

Like, you know, the old saying, you know, a prosecutor can get a grand jury to indict a ham sandwich.

The Bulwark Podcast
David French and Suhas Subramanyam: The Superpower Folded in Front of the Whole World

Well, under Trump, the ham sandwiches are pretty resilient these days.

The Bulwark Podcast
David French and Suhas Subramanyam: The Superpower Folded in Front of the Whole World

You're bringing cases so frivolous.

The Bulwark Podcast
David French and Suhas Subramanyam: The Superpower Folded in Front of the Whole World

that even grand juries won't indict.

The Bulwark Podcast
David French and Suhas Subramanyam: The Superpower Folded in Front of the Whole World

You're talking about bringing cases so frivolous that they have obvious legal flaws that cause them to be tossed out almost immediately.

The Bulwark Podcast
David French and Suhas Subramanyam: The Superpower Folded in Front of the Whole World

And then you have Pam Bondi fired, not because she was doing this that is corrupt and incompetent.

The Bulwark Podcast
David French and Suhas Subramanyam: The Superpower Folded in Front of the Whole World

She wasn't corrupt and competent.

The Bulwark Podcast
David French and Suhas Subramanyam: The Superpower Folded in Front of the Whole World

And so he's now looking for, maybe he's founded in Todd Blanche, the man who can be corrupt and competent at the same time, more dangerous than Pam Bondi.

The Bulwark Podcast
David French and Suhas Subramanyam: The Superpower Folded in Front of the Whole World

Because no one should think for a moment that Trump is like,

The Bulwark Podcast
David French and Suhas Subramanyam: The Superpower Folded in Front of the Whole World

Well, golly gee, I need to restore the integrity of the DOJ from Pam Bondi.

The Bulwark Podcast
David French and Suhas Subramanyam: The Superpower Folded in Front of the Whole World

No, he's thinking, I need the DOJ to be more effectively my weapon.

The Bulwark Podcast
David French and Suhas Subramanyam: The Superpower Folded in Front of the Whole World

But he's going to be frustrated, Tim, because guess what?

The Bulwark Podcast
David French and Suhas Subramanyam: The Superpower Folded in Front of the Whole World

The Attorney General does not control the outcome of cases.

The Bulwark Podcast
David French and Suhas Subramanyam: The Superpower Folded in Front of the Whole World

Juries and judges do.

The Bulwark Podcast
David French and Suhas Subramanyam: The Superpower Folded in Front of the Whole World

And so he doesn't control the juries.

The Bulwark Podcast
David French and Suhas Subramanyam: The Superpower Folded in Front of the Whole World

He doesn't control the judges, as has been made abundantly obvious throughout the second term, much to his unbelievable frustration, even his own appointed judges say,