Melissa Chen
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And these things show a fundamental misunderstanding of the America First agenda that we voted for when we voted for President Trump.
And so you have to be.
Go ahead.
Go ahead.
Well, she's the one that makes those decisions to not bring those indictments.
I mean, remember a couple, this was probably a month ago, President Trump posted on Truth Social what appeared to be a private text message that he had sent to Pam Bondi, asking her, holding her to account for the exact same things that you were saying about her yesterday that we're talking about today.
I believe President Trump is beginning to share our frustration.
Listen, there's a strange combination of factors when you're the chief executive.
Pam Bondi was very loyal to President Trump
during his impeachment.
And that's a good thing.
I'm going to be the first one to give her credit for that.
When a lot of Republicans, you know, turned up their nose at Donald Trump, she stood by him.
Donald Trump values loyalty, and he's going to return that loyalty in large part if that's given to him.
But there comes a point where you can't let
um, a personal relationship or your appreciation for past loyalty color, the analysis of whether someone is or is not an effective tool in enacting justice.
I mean, if you had asked me this time last year, Glenn, do I think we're going to see perp walks and jumpsuits right when the Trump administration was, you know, right at the inauguration, I would have been like, Oh, hell yeah, we're about to justice is about to be served.
And you fast forward a year, and if you ask me that same question today, I would say, I don't think so, because it hasn't all year.
And the one thing, what changed in the space of that year wasn't President Trump.
It wasn't his view on justice.