{"id":5911,"date":"2025-02-07T23:12:35","date_gmt":"2025-02-07T23:12:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-vm.com\/?p=5911"},"modified":"2025-02-07T23:12:35","modified_gmt":"2025-02-07T23:12:35","slug":"bondi-as-new-ag-launches-weaponization-working-group-to-review-officials-who-investigated-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-vm.com\/?p=5911","title":{"rendered":"Bondi, as new AG, launches \u2018Weaponization Working Group\u2019 to review officials who investigated Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The group will review the prosecutions of Trump by state and federal officials.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-1\"><\/div>\n<p>In her first hours after being sworn in Wednesday as nation\u2019s top law enforcement official, Attorney General Pam Bondi issued a directive Wednesday establishing a \u201cWeaponization Working Group\u201d that she says will be tasked with reviewing \u201cpoliticized\u201d actions of officials who investigated President Donald Trump at both the state and federal levels.<\/p>\n<p>LIVE: TRUMP WANTS US TO \u2018TAKE OVER\u2019 GAZA AFTER REMOVAL OF PALESTINIANS<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-4\"><\/div>\n<p>Bondi\u2019s memo mandates that the group reviews the prosecutions of Trump brought by special counsel Jack Smith and Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, as well as the civil fraud case brought against Trump in New York by the state\u2019s attorney general Letitia James.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-10\"><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4622523401617842\" data-ad-slot=\"6720910923\" data-adsbygoogle-status=\"done\" data-ad-status=\"unfilled\"><\/p>\n<div id=\"aswift_1_host\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"aswift_1\" tabindex=\"0\" title=\"Advertisement\" src=\"https:\/\/googleads.g.doubleclick.net\/pagead\/ads?client=ca-pub-4622523401617842&amp;output=html&amp;h=200&amp;slotname=6720910923&amp;adk=375150826&amp;adf=2255021687&amp;pi=t.ma~as.6720910923&amp;w=820&amp;abgtt=6&amp;fwrn=4&amp;lmt=1738967033&amp;rafmt=11&amp;format=820x200&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fpakstne.com%2Fbondi-as-new-ag-launches-weaponization-working-group-to-review-officials-who-investigated-trump%2F%3Ffbclid%3DIwY2xjawITcAlleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHSY-kwa248avZC_olIZ05RTHkGgCzW5BDJ9zlMSPfk-PM2aNOPVu3bhnzA_aem_jKOGqokRuwLisku6i2LPaQ&amp;wgl=1&amp;uach=WyJXaW5kb3dzIiwiMTkuMC4wIiwieDg2IiwiIiwiMTMyLjAuNjgzNC4xNjAiLG51bGwsMCxudWxsLCI2NCIsW1siTm90IEEoQnJhbmQiLCI4LjAuMC4wIl0sWyJDaHJvbWl1bSIsIjEzMi4wLjY4MzQuMTYwIl0sWyJHb29nbGUgQ2hyb21lIiwiMTMyLjAuNjgzNC4xNjAiXV0sMF0.&amp;dt=1738969273756&amp;bpp=20&amp;bdt=47&amp;idt=122&amp;shv=r20250205&amp;mjsv=m202502040101&amp;ptt=9&amp;saldr=aa&amp;abxe=1&amp;cookie=ID%3Dd455a6cdb49aca4e%3AT%3D1738701983%3ART%3D1738968422%3AS%3DALNI_MbMLc49lapGnAt44leh5TsQp90MVg&amp;gpic=UID%3D0000102e13905b1b%3AT%3D1738701983%3ART%3D1738968422%3AS%3DALNI_Mal1u8ktwGXSf4Lu1AJfVOsgbYkdQ&amp;eo_id_str=ID%3Df7da9d5e8fc91793%3AT%3D1738701983%3ART%3D1738968422%3AS%3DAA-AfjaF4L4oL5nc9s-_USNO7Jqz&amp;prev_fmts=0x0&amp;nras=1&amp;correlator=6472288371036&amp;frm=20&amp;pv=2&amp;rplot=4&amp;u_tz=60&amp;u_his=1&amp;u_h=1080&amp;u_w=1920&amp;u_ah=1032&amp;u_aw=1920&amp;u_cd=24&amp;u_sd=1&amp;dmc=8&amp;adx=382&amp;ady=1351&amp;biw=1903&amp;bih=945&amp;scr_x=0&amp;scr_y=0&amp;eid=31090191%2C95348574%2C95350442%2C95352069%2C95348575%2C95347432%2C95348348%2C95350016&amp;oid=2&amp;pvsid=253735999093200&amp;tmod=1609739116&amp;uas=0&amp;nvt=1&amp;ref=https%3A%2F%2Fl.facebook.com%2F&amp;fc=1920&amp;brdim=0%2C0%2C0%2C0%2C1920%2C0%2C1920%2C1032%2C1920%2C945&amp;vis=1&amp;rsz=%7C%7CeEbr%7C&amp;abl=CS&amp;pfx=0&amp;fu=128&amp;bc=31&amp;bz=1&amp;td=1&amp;tdf=2&amp;psd=W251bGwsW251bGwsbnVsbCxudWxsLCJkZXByZWNhdGVkX2thbm9uIl0sbnVsbCwzXQ..&amp;nt=1&amp;ifi=2&amp;uci=a!2&amp;btvi=1&amp;fsb=1&amp;dtd=125\" name=\"aswift_1\" width=\"820\" height=\"0\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" sandbox=\"allow-forms allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation\" data-google-container-id=\"a!2\" aria-label=\"Advertisement\" data-google-query-id=\"COmP467VsosDFeTsEQgdCLwsaw\" data-load-complete=\"true\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><\/ins><\/div>\n<p>The review, according to the memo, will be led by the Office of the Attorney General and supported by the Deputy Attorney General and other divisions of the department, and will \u201cprovide quarterly reports to the White House regarding the process of the review.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The group will review the prosecutions of Trump by state and federal officials. 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