U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi and Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche could be putting more than their reputations at risk by helping Donald Trump’s shady DOJ schemes — their law licenses may also be on the line.
Andrew Weissmann, a former senior prosecutor who served under Robert Mueller during the special counsel investigation, didn’t mince words when he appeared on MSNBC Saturday to react to reports that Donald Trump is demanding hundreds of millions of dollars from taxpayers over the federal indictments he faced before his second term began.
Weissmann called the move “obviously ethically wrong,” adding that the attorneys tied to Trump’s orbit — including Bondi and Blanche — might be in deeper than they think.
“I should say, if you are Pam Bondi and Todd Blanche, you know, there are bar associations that can get involved and can look at their conduct if they decide that they are going to handle this matter, in spite of the fact that there’s an obvious conflict, because it’s the president who appointed them, it is the former client of theirs.”
That’s not just a warning — it’s a flashing red light. Weissmann made it clear that if Bondi or Blanche try to handle legal or investigative matters connected to Trump’s so-called DOJ “shakedown,” they could face professional consequences, possibly even disbarment.
“So there really is good reason within the Department of Justice to make sure that career people are handling this,” Weissmann added, emphasizing that any involvement from Trump’s personal allies would shred the line between justice and political loyalty.
He didn’t stop there. Weissmann went on to say this latest controversy could be “the straw that broke the camel’s back,” suggesting that even for Trump’s inner circle, there’s a breaking point — and this might be it.
Watch the full segment below:
