Sean Davis
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
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Yeah, so I think to understand the whole Bondi thing, you have to go back to the first –
Trump administration.
His initial AG was Jeff Sessions, one of the first people in Congress who ever got on his side back in 2015.
Trump thought he would be great.
He was an immigration hawk, and he ended up being a disaster.
He turned over the department to the deep state.
He recused himself during the Russia hoax.
And then we had Rod Rosenstein for several years.
And in comes Bill Barr.
So at that point, Bill Barr was maybe not the most loyal guy, but was seen as very, very competent.
He dispatched the Mueller probe and his special counsel, but then kind of fell apart at the end.
He didn't really follow through with what he needed to do on Russiagate accountability.
And then ended up kind of going crazy towards the end.
He and Trump have a breakup.
And so I think Trump with Bondi decided that what he wanted was not someone who may have been ideologically on his side.
He wanted someone who was loyal above all else.
He tried the competent but not loyal thing with Barr.
This time he wanted someone who was loyal.
I think, unfortunately, she was very loyal.
Absolutely.