President Donald Trump demanded that Attorney General Pam Bondi move swiftly to prosecute several political opponents in a series of extraordinary social media posts Saturday, a breakdown of traditional fire walls that have existed between the White House and Justice Department on prosecutorial discretion.
He urged the prosecutions of New York Attorney General Letitia James (D), former FBI director James B. Comey and Sen. Adam Schiff (D-California), claiming all three were “guilty as hell” and that his supporters were noting “nothing has been done.” Comey and James were both investigated but ultimately not charged by the U.S. attorney’s office for the Eastern District of Virginia this year. Both have denied any wrongdoing.
Trump’s messages were one of his most overt attempts to date to override the traditional restraints on the president’s involvement in law enforcement investigations after months of calling for criminal charges against those he perceives as political enemies. It comes a day after he called for the ouster of the U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, Erik S. Siebert, who resigned amid pressure over his decision not to seek indictments against Comey and James.
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