As Trump seeks to elevate Pam Bondi to attorney general, her work battling to overturn the 2020 vote in Pennsylvania is drawing new scrutiny.
By Beth Reinhard, The Washington PostCorey Lewandowski, left, and Pam Bondi speak outside the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia, on Nov. 5, 2020.
her willingness to help Trump battle to overturn the 2020 vote - made as a private citizen and not as a public official - contrasts with the decision of U.S. Attorney General William P. Barr to affirm the results. “Pam Bondi is a historically qualified nominee for Attorney General who will restore the Department of Justice to its true mission of fighting crime on behalf of the American people,” Trump spokesman Steven Cheung said in an email. “President Trump trusts Pam to help Make America Safe Again by fighting the flow of illegal drugs, helping secure our border, and ending the weaponization of the DOJ.”against his first choice, Rep. Matt Gaetz , and she has received widespread praise from Republicans.
integrity. “Pam Bondi has made clear that her undeviating allegiance to the President-elect supersedes her respect for democratic institutions,” said Janai Nelson, president of the Legal Defense Fund.Bondi was a natural choice to represent the Trump campaign in Pennsylvania as he contested the 2020 election.
was initially unsure that was the best place to wage Trump’s battle to hang on to power. But Bondi and Lewandowski kept calling, and Eric Trump insisted, Giuliani later told theAt the Nov. 4 news conference with Bondi, Giuliani speculated, without evidence, that tens of thousands of “totally fraudulent” ballots could have been submitted -said a police barricade inside the convention center was keeping Republican monitors about 30 feet from the ballots, forcing them to use binoculars.
The next day, in a “Fox & Friends” interview, Bondi continued to spread baseless claims about election fraud. Bondi didn’t offer more details. Trump’s claim at the time that 20,000 dead people were on the Pennsylvania voter rolls was denied by state officials. The gathering was scheduled for a North Philadelphia industrial park, outside a business called Four Seasons Total Landscaping. Trump’s initial social media posting incorrectly implied it was at the Four Seasons Hotel, leading the tony hotel to issue a clarification.
Six weeks later, Barr rejected Trump’s suggestions that he should appoint a special counsel to investigate the vote and that the federal government should seize voting machines. Bondi has never spoken publicly about Barr’s decision or about her earlier assertions that fraud had tainted the election in Pennsylvania.Hundreds of voters lined up early in Cranberry, Pennsylvania, on Nov. 3, 2020.
Despite her limited public role, Bondi remained involved behind the scenes with Trump allies trying to overturn the election, according to evidence obtained by the Jan. 6 committee. “You are the best,” Bondi said in a message, according to Hutchinson. “Keep up the good work. Love and miss you.”
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