Pam Bondi’s ‘Weaponization’ Group Staffing Is a Ticking Ethics Time Bomb

This is the fifth of seven posts on Attorney General Pam Bondi’s “Weaponization Working Group.” (Here are the first, second, third, and fourth posts.)

It should be obvious enough that you can’t end the weaponization of federal law enforcement by weaponizing federal law enforcement — that is, by targeting people rather than crimes, and by transforming the Department of Justice into a political messaging shop whose core mission is to peddle a partisan revisionist history of the Capitol riot and the investigations of Donald Trump, while reporting regularly to the Trump White House on its progress. But there is an additional, blatant complication for the working group: staffing.

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Andrew C. McCarthy

Andrew C. McCarthy is a senior fellow at National Review Institute, an NR contributing editor, and author of Ball of Collusion: The Plot to Rig an Election and Destroy a Presidency.

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This is the fifth of seven posts on Attorney General Pam Bondi’s “Weaponization Working Group.” (Here are the first, second, third, and fourth posts.)

It should be obvious enough that you can’t end the weaponization of federal law enforcement by weaponizing federal law enforcement — that is, by targeting people rather than crimes, and by transforming the Department of Justice into a political messaging shop whose core mission is to peddle a partisan revisionist history of the Capitol riot and the investigations of Donald Trump, while reporting regularly to the Trump White House on its progress. But there is an additional, blatant complication for the working group: staffing.

About the Author

Andrew C. McCarthy

Andrew C. McCarthy is a senior fellow at National Review Institute, an NR contributing editor, and author of Ball of Collusion: The Plot to Rig an Election and Destroy a Presidency.