Shelby Talcott

And he said that the only part of this settlement that the Justice Department was not planning to enforce was going to be this nearly one point eight billion dollar fund.

So that indicates that every other part of the settlement that the Justice Department came with decided on with the president's personal lawyers, including that provision.

that will bar the IRS from auditing the president, his family, his business, that stands.

Correct.

And I also think when I think about this in terms of, OK, will this satisfy Republicans?

It's not going to satisfy Democrats, but will it satisfy Republicans?

I think yes, because I think their main concern was this nearly $1.8 billion slush fund.

They don't particularly mind the rest of it.

So they're going to take the win and probably give the president something back in return, get something passed and move on.

She has really been a staunch defender of the administration despite that sort of separation that is supposed to exist between the DOJ and the White House.

The reality is there wasn't much there, but I don't know that that is an explanation that the president found acceptable.

And so the president thinks one thing, and you have outside people who are seeing that scenario in a completely different way, who are seeing it as Pam Bondi really being a loyal soldier for the president.

And the president is seeing it as you were not able—

to deliver on these very key objectives that I wanted you to deliver on.

He was frustrated about the sort of chaotic release and how that prompted so many negative headlines over the course of so many months for him.

And that really wasn't going away.

And he was hearing from Republicans who were still to this day growing more and more concerned about Pam Bondi's leadership because of that.

But at the end of the day, he's also looking towards the midterms and towards the possibility that the GOP has a maybe tough midterms.

And so there's been conversations from Republicans who have sort of urged the president to make a decision.

If he's going to get rid of some of these folks and if he's not sure he wants them all four years, he should do it now while he still has time.