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Pam Bondi said if the DOJ went after everyone the whole system would collapse is why.


Actually, no she didn't, but a lot of people are saying she did.


Which is a weird thing to make up given that there’s already so many horrible bytes to choose from that aren’t fabricated.


Snopes confirms this: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/bondi-epstein-files-system...

But everyone knows Snopes is leftist propaganda, so it's probably false. /s


It is amazing that this has to be confirmed on a website...

Wouldn't there be a clip of her saying it?

No one has even bothered to spend the 25 cents on an AI generated one as far as I've seen.


> It is amazing that this has to be confirmed on a website...

I think it has a lot of memetic power because it’s plausible given the other things she’s said, like trying to deflect to economic “success” by pointing out the DOW ~is~ was over 50,000.

It also doesn’t need to be an attributed quote in order to reflect the countering sentiment: “Yes, prosecute those in the Epstein files no matter the geopolitical and economic cost.”

It also has a certain whiney, servile tone to it that makes it just annoying enough to trigger the leftist “ick” instinct.

Idk, I hope the 50,000 dol- meme picks up and people stop spreading this fabricated quote.


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If that's the case, the system deserves to.


She is more worried about her own exposure. She can picture the ship sinking but doesn't want to drown with the other rats she helped protect.


Don't be naive, do you really think Pam Bondi has a choice in the release of these files?

She is just a figurehead, her or her family's life is almost certainly under threat


Spot on. Unclear why this is being down voted. Underneath everything related to this "administration" is the implied threat of violence.


Because it's based on no evidence, and framed to imply a government official openly breaking the law is somehow the victim here (The files are already meant to be released by law, many of the redactions are illegal).

If Bondi doesn't want to execute the duties of the office she can resign.


> If Bondi doesn't want to execute the duties of the office she can resign.

This is an incredibly naive view of a world in which people get blackmailed and murdered all the time at the whims of extremely powerful people.

It is very strange that you can't imagine a situation where someone is forced to play a role.


She's the head of the Department of Justice: and you are arguing that it's okay to not do her job because the criminals might threaten her.


I'm not arguing anything is okay, that is you in your political anger shoving words into my mouth. I am simply saying that it is easy to understand.

And again, you're being incredibly naive - there's no chance you'd be doing anything different in her position unless you are totally fine with sacrificing yourself, your parents, wife, children etc.

It seems that you think "criminal threats" from elites are something that only happen in TV shows, not real life. I'm not sure why this is your perspective because the Panama Papers murders were real, whistleblowers are killed all the time, etc.


She’s won so far, already got away with this twice as Florida AG, didn’t try to go after Epstein when he lived there and after Trump donated 25000 to her, she stopped the prosecution of his TrumpU fraud in Florida. GOP owns Justice Department for three more years and Dems were pretty toothless in previous administration.


> Pam Bondi said if the DOJ went after everyone the whole system would collapse is why.

This is a criminally colluding Pam Bondi saying this. I guarantee that every single person on the Epstein list is replaceable many times over. There is not a single person on that list that is indispensable in any role they play in society. Full stop. Don't fall for it.

It's just the way the system is built. Even Pam Bondi is replaceable (and should be replaced) by many, many actual qualified people.


she, like every other member of the administration is a DEI hire


> the whole system

If there were democrats on that list, they’d already be in jail.


THERE ARE! BILL CLINTON! NOAM CHOMSKY (if they'd acted faster they could have nabbed him before he died!)

Democrats WANT to see the pedos in our party getting justice! We have no loyalty to our party. We are the party of purity testing and infighting.

Anthony Weiner went down quickly. Cuomo went down quickly. Even folks who didn't deserve it like Al Franken go down quickly!


> We have no loyalty to our party. We are the party of purity testing and infighting.

Or as the rest of the world calls it, “not being a criminal organization”.


> NOAM CHOMSKY (if they'd acted faster they could have nabbed him before he died!)

He's still alive.


Mandela effect. He died in 2023. Look at him now, the guy is a walking skeleton.


Pam Bondi is trying to play the clock until the hot potato falls in someone else's hands.


Save the Borgias !


So she admitted that the whole system is corrupt?


that was a shock to us all




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