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DA Bregman on Defending New Mexico from Trump’s Attacks

25 Jan 2026

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Chapter 1: What recent events have led to the chaos in Trump's DOJ and FBI?

0.031 - 17.044 Ben Meiselas

Donald Trump's Department of Justice and FBI is collapsing. Donald Trump's Attorney General Pam Bondi is becoming even more unhinged during her live TV appearances on state regime media, which calls itself Fox. Every time Pam Bondi appears,

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17.024 - 49.883 Ben Meiselas

on tv it seems like she's going to cry she yells she rants she raves like an absolute lunatic and as i said trump's doj and fbi is collapsing as there are more mass resignations or the trump regime is engaged in a purge And the FBI is.

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is currently being ordered by Trump's DOJ, by Pam Bondi and Todd Blanch, the Deputy Attorney General, to facilitate this massive coverup of the shooting death of Renee Nicole Goode by Jonathan Ross. A supervisor in FBI's Minneapolis office just abruptly resigned, we're learning, after bureau leadership in Washington, at the order of Pam Bondi and Todd Blanch,

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pressured her, pressured this senior supervisor at the FBI to discontinue a civil rights inquiry into ICE agent Jonathan Ross, who killed Renee Nicole Good. And such inquiries that were being taken by this senior FBI agent are a common investigative step. But the Trump DOJ ordered the FBI investigate the widow, go after Renee Nicole Good's widow. We're also learning

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that the Trump regime DOJ wanted to get a search warrant, which was rejected by a federal judge, to go after Renee Nicole Good's wife and not a search warrant to actually investigate what happened in the vehicle or what happened with Jonathan Ross and what actually went down with the murder, in my opinion, that took place. And I think in your opinion,

131.369 - 157.667 Ben Meiselas

as well um so at this point we've seen over 3 000 either resignations or people being pushed out of the doj we've seen similar numbers at the fbi federal courts continue To look at the Trump DOJ with absolute disgust, Democrat, Republican appointed judges alike are looking at this Trump DOJ as utterly, utterly pathetic.

Chapter 2: How is Pam Bondi's behavior impacting public perception?

157.687 - 174.537 Ben Meiselas

I mean, you have that Trump appointed judge in the Eastern District of Virginia, Judge Novak. who said to Lindsey Halligan, Trump's former United States attorney for the Eastern District, who was disqualified and not allowed to hold that title because she was not actually appointed, but she pretended to hold that title.

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A Trump-appointed judge said, I'm going to take away your bar license, Lindsey Halligan. Pam Bondi, I'm going to take away your bar license. Todd Blanch, you signed this. I'm taking away your law license right now. And then Lindsey Halligan finally tapped out and said, OK, I won't be the Eastern District attorney.

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189.757 - 212.17 Ben Meiselas

anymore but this is such a weaponized system yeah weaponized by trump appointed judges how utterly utterly pathetic so you had attorney general pam bondy making the round she went on state regime media last night and she started whining about don lemon and she goes don lemon is an online agitator he used to work at fake news cnn we're coming for you don lemon

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So Don Lemon, I'm sure you know the story by now, independent reporter. We love Don Lemon on the Midas Touch Network. He was reporting from a church where a protest was taking place because of the affiliation to church leadership of an ICE official who was apparently working at that church. Lemon was just filming and reporting from the scene about what happened.

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And the Trump regime filed criminal complaints against the leaders of the protesters, then altered AI images of the leader of the protest, which again is complete misconduct and likely will be a grounds for dismissal. But they were unable to secure a criminal complaint to be signed off by a magistrate judge against Don Lemon. And so now Pambandi's like, we're coming for you, Don Lemon.

255.674 - 277.458 Ben Meiselas

We know how inappropriate this is. for an attorney general to go on a state regime media or set aside that to go on any TV and to say this. This is the exact opposite of law and order. This is what happens to use the phrase of the Trump regime. This is what truly happens in banana republics. And this is what the law and order turned upside down looks like. This is complete injustice.

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This is what you expect to see in Russia. This is so utterly pathetic. Let's play this clip.

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His commentary, obviously in support of them. Does the fact that he claims to be an independent journalist, does that factor into the law at all?

295.276 - 308.676 Pam Bondi

Well, he's an online agitator. That's what he is now. And sure, if you're a journalist and you're covering a story, that's not what he was doing. We all know that. We have the video. It speaks for itself.

Chapter 3: What are the implications of the FBI's investigation into Renee Nicole Good's case?

309.277 - 330.469 Pam Bondi

He was in there with all these other people. If you were in there, if you protested and went into that church on the Sunday and you terrorized the parishioners, we are coming after you. That pastor is a wonderful man. I met with that pastor. Sean, these people were staged sitting in the church as well.

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330.85 - 354.818 Pam Bondi

Then they burst in through all doors, including Don Lemon, and started harassing and antagonizing and terrorizing these parishioners. A woman ran out the back door, scared to death, and broke her arm. We are coming after you if you participated in that. I don't care who you are. If you're a failed CNN journalist, you have no right to do that in this country.

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355.079 - 360.113 Pam Bondi

We don't live in a third world country. We're going to protect our houses of worship in this country.

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360.093 - 382.746 Ben Meiselas

And by the way, we're hearing right now from the Hennepin County attorney, Mary Moriarty, about what she learned about this resignation by this top FBI official within the district where she is a top prosecutor. And she talks about this prosecution and her investigation into Jonathan Ross, rather. And she'll announce the next prosecutorial steps.

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But she discusses here how the Department of Justice refuses to share any information with her office. Let's play this clip.

389.877 - 409.422 Mary Moriarty

I just heard about and read about the resignation, as I think many people did. It tells me that a professional investigator, an FBI agent who was a career agent as opposed to a political appointee, thought that it was appropriate to do a complete investigation and send it to the Department of Justice.

409.402 - 427.343 Mary Moriarty

But people who didn't know as much as she did about the investigation decided to order them to stop the investigation. And the only thing I can think of is that was for political reasons. And I think it's hard to understand, and I think the public should be disturbed that there isn't an investigation

427.323 - 439.983 Mary Moriarty

As there should be, as there is in Minnesota, any time a state peace officer takes the life of a person, there is a complete and thorough investigation, a decision about whether charges are appropriate, and transparency.

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What can you tell us, Ms. Moriarty, about the timetable for your investigation, the Hennepin County investigation?

Chapter 4: How is the Trump regime affecting law enforcement operations?

566.266 - 581.563 Ben Meiselas

That's Todd Blanche. That's Christine Ohm. That's Donald Trump. That's this despicable regime. And as Donald Trump expands his invasion with ICE and Border Patrol into other states, of course, we see what's happening in Minneapolis and in St. Paul.

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581.543 - 600.97 Ben Meiselas

We shouldn't forget that he's doing this in other states as well, perhaps not on that scale, but that doesn't mean that at any moment Trump ramps it up there. So I want to zoom in right now on Bernalillo County, which is a county in New Mexico. That's where Albuquerque is located. There's a big governor's race coming up in 2026.

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And I want to speak with Sam Bregman, the district attorney of Bernalillo County, which again includes Albuquerque, was running for governor in this 2026 election. I want to speak with you as well about some of the statements you've made recently, just You haven't been afraid to stand up to Trump. You put out statements recently about what ICE is doing.

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622.899 - 638.457 Ben Meiselas

And if ICE engages in this behavior that we're seeing elsewhere, you said you're not gonna hesitate to prosecute them. So talk to us about that. And I wanna talk more broadly about New Mexico and the governor's race. But talk about standing up to Trump with your position as the DA of Bernalillo County.

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638.757 - 662.77 Sam Bregman

Listen, I think everybody across this country can agree that what we're seeing with ICE is horrific in so many different ways. And certainly it's unconstitutional, but it's also a violation of state law. If ICE comes in without a warrant, without reasonable suspicion, without probable cause, that is false imprisonment in New Mexico.

663.07 - 677.293 Sam Bregman

You can't confine, restrain, or detain someone without proper legal authority to do so. And there's no exception for law enforcement as well. So we are going to hold ICE accountable. And if people commit felonies in my county, I'm going to prosecute them.

677.833 - 685.767 Sam Bregman

And I'm very concerned with the, I don't know if it's the training, perhaps it is the training, but I'm very concerned with the way they are handling things right now.

685.747 - 709.392 Sam Bregman

You cannot pull someone over because they're brown or because they speak Spanish in New Mexico, which is a majority minority state, pull them over for no traffic violation, just to check to make sure they're a citizen of the United States. That is unacceptable conduct at every level. In fact, if they have no warrant, reasonable suspicion or probable cause, it's a felony. And I, I am,

709.625 - 727.465 Sam Bregman

the chief law enforcement officer in the county of Bernalillo, city of Albuquerque, we're gonna make sure people abide by the law. There are laws out there to make sure people follow them. And this is, I don't want New Mexico going down this road. I just can't accept it. We can't normalize.

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