Sadie Gurman

And so I definitely thought it was going to be a narrower swath of people. I mean, there are many, many people charged with misdemeanors who didn't commit violence, but there were also hundreds of people who beat cops and you know, a destroyed property and just, you know, ransacked the Capitol. So it was stunning.

I think we saw a very favorable reaction from senators during Pam Bondi's confirmation hearing. You know, of course, Democrats are strongly opposed to her, but in comparison to some of Trump's other more controversial nominees, Pam Bondi has not generated that many negative headlines. She was certainly speaking to a friendly crowd. She sought to sort of walk this line between

I think we saw a very favorable reaction from senators during Pam Bondi's confirmation hearing. You know, of course, Democrats are strongly opposed to her, but in comparison to some of Trump's other more controversial nominees, Pam Bondi has not generated that many negative headlines. She was certainly speaking to a friendly crowd. She sought to sort of walk this line between

I think we saw a very favorable reaction from senators during Pam Bondi's confirmation hearing. You know, of course, Democrats are strongly opposed to her, but in comparison to some of Trump's other more controversial nominees, Pam Bondi has not generated that many negative headlines. She was certainly speaking to a friendly crowd. She sought to sort of walk this line between

Trump's ardent defender and this sort of old school, traditional tough on crime prosecutor.

Trump's ardent defender and this sort of old school, traditional tough on crime prosecutor.

Trump's ardent defender and this sort of old school, traditional tough on crime prosecutor.

And that was intended to appeal to both the Republican base and to sort of give a nod to the error that the attorney general is supposed to be independent from the White House.

And that was intended to appeal to both the Republican base and to sort of give a nod to the error that the attorney general is supposed to be independent from the White House.

And that was intended to appeal to both the Republican base and to sort of give a nod to the error that the attorney general is supposed to be independent from the White House.

Yes, it did seem to me like she was on board with that agenda completely. I mean, she said things like politics won't play a role in my decisions and I'll be the one making the decisions, not the White House.

Yes, it did seem to me like she was on board with that agenda completely. I mean, she said things like politics won't play a role in my decisions and I'll be the one making the decisions, not the White House.

Yes, it did seem to me like she was on board with that agenda completely. I mean, she said things like politics won't play a role in my decisions and I'll be the one making the decisions, not the White House.

But throughout the hearing, she basically echoed the central criticisms that Trump has been saying time and time again, that the Justice Department was turned into a crudgel to go after him. She certainly shares that view. There's basically no daylight between them in terms of you know, the types of changes that they think need to be made to this institution.

But throughout the hearing, she basically echoed the central criticisms that Trump has been saying time and time again, that the Justice Department was turned into a crudgel to go after him. She certainly shares that view. There's basically no daylight between them in terms of you know, the types of changes that they think need to be made to this institution.

But throughout the hearing, she basically echoed the central criticisms that Trump has been saying time and time again, that the Justice Department was turned into a crudgel to go after him. She certainly shares that view. There's basically no daylight between them in terms of you know, the types of changes that they think need to be made to this institution.

I mean, people inside the Justice Department, the career employees, are scared. You know, they're worried for their own jobs, but they're also feeling very angry and disappointed that the work that they've done over the past four years and beyond is... bit by bit, just being totally undone. And I think you saw that with the January 6th pardons.

I mean, people inside the Justice Department, the career employees, are scared. You know, they're worried for their own jobs, but they're also feeling very angry and disappointed that the work that they've done over the past four years and beyond is... bit by bit, just being totally undone. And I think you saw that with the January 6th pardons.

I mean, people inside the Justice Department, the career employees, are scared. You know, they're worried for their own jobs, but they're also feeling very angry and disappointed that the work that they've done over the past four years and beyond is... bit by bit, just being totally undone. And I think you saw that with the January 6th pardons.

People who pursued those cases, who were detailed from other cities to the U.S. Attorney's Office in Washington, D.C. for years to pursue those cases are now seeing the effects of their work washed away to some extent. And so I think there's just a lot of bad feeling within the Bureau. Interesting.