White House admits Trump’s message to Bondi to prosecute enemies was supposed to be a DM
Donald Trump’s Truth Social post urging Attorney General Pam Bondi to prosecute his perceived political enemies without “delay” was intended to be a private message, according to administration officials.A post from the president’s account September 20 addressed to “Pam” demands “justice be served” against his former FBI director James Comey, who was indicted five days later.
Analysts have observed that these facts offer Comey potentially powerful tools in defending against his prosecution—claims of selective or vindictive prosecution. These claims, which are brought in the form of motions to dismiss, are intended to provide legal remedies to certain types of prosecutorial misconduct.
But it is notoriously difficult for defendants to prevail on selective and vindictive prosecution motions. The executive branch enjoys broad prosecutorial discretion under long-standing interpretations of the Constitution’s Take Care Clause. And under the presumption of regularity, a general principle applied to cases involving executive discretion, courts presume that “in the absence of clear evidence to the contrary,” officials “have properly discharged their official duties.”
Still, courts have recognized certain constitutional constraints on the executive branch’s power to prosecute individuals—specifically, the protections afforded to criminal defendants under the Equal Protection Clause and the Due Process Clause. Selective prosecution motions invoke the former; vindictive prosecution motions invoke the latter. In practice, both kinds of claims are difficult to prove and involve burdensome doctrinal hoops. Whether Comey would succeed on either claim, then, is far from certain.
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SO... IN YOURE OPINION IS THIS VINDICTIVE PROSECUTION????
Pam: I have reviewed over 30 statements and posts saying that, essentially, “same old story as last time, all talk, no action. Nothing is being done. What about Comey, Adam “Shifty” Schiff, Leticia??? They’re all guilty as hell, but nothing is going to be done.” Then we almost put in a Democrat supported U.S. Attorney, in Virginia, with a really bad Republican past. A Woke RINO, who was never going to do his job. That’s why two of the worst Dem Senators PUSHED him so hard. He even lied to the media and said he quit, and that we had no case. No, I fired him, and there is a GREAT CASE, and many lawyers, and legal pundits, say so. Lindsey Halligan is a really good lawyer, and likes you, a lot. We can’t delay any longer, it’s killing our reputation and credibility. They impeached me twice, and indicted me (5 times!), OVER NOTHING. JUSTICE MUST BE SERVED, NOW!!! President DJT
