President-elect Donald Trump’s nomination of Pam Bondi for attorney general has caused quite a stir, especially among folks on the left who fear that the incoming administration will target Justice Department officials who participated in the politically motivated efforts to prosecute Trump.
If current signs are any indication, they have every reason to be afraid.
During an interview with Fox News last year, Bondi said that if Trump wins the election, “The Department of Justice, the prosecutors will be prosecuted, the bad ones.”
Bondi accused the officials of being part of a “deep state” conspiracy, saying, “They are no longer hiding in the shadows…they can all be investigated.”
A former senior Justice Department official told NBC News that they “would expect [Bondi] to do exactly…