Letter to Pam Bondi: Stop the coercive letters and turn over the Epstein Files

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Dear Pam:

The other day, you wrote to Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz suggesting that if only he would turn over all of his state’s voting records to your Department of Justice, the ICE carnage could disappear.

You had other demands, too, but some people are saying this sounds like extortion.

The people accusing you of this point out that your letter arrived shortly after immigration agents gunned down an American citizen for the crime of holding a cell phone.

They also note a particular phrase you used. You said that if the governor submitted to your demands that “will help bring back law and order to Minnesota…”

Since much of the lack of law and order has been perpetrated by federal agents shooting civilians, that seems like an ultimatum of sorts.

Here are my questions:

When you refer to the “chaos” in Minnesota:

1. Are you talking about American citizens who have been exercising their First Amendment rights to protest President Trump’s Operation Metro Surge?

2. Or are you referencing the fact that lawless government agents are murdering innocent civilians in the streets of Minneapolis, and that the FBI, under your command, is covering it up?

You refer to yourself as “the chief law enforcement officer of the United States.” Does that not include ensuring fair and impartial investigations of killings committed by federal agents?

Also, what does obtaining voter rolls have to do with stopping the violence?

In all fairness, Pam, it sounds like you are using the tragic deaths of innocent civilians to pursue the agenda of your boss, Donald Trump, to disrupt the next election to keep Democrats from reclaiming the House of Representatives.

As the nation’s “chief law enforcement officer,” you know that would be improper, right?

As the Democratic National Committee noted:

This move by Bondi is the latest in the DOJ’s ongoing campaign to undermine local elections and build a national voter database.

For months, Donald Trump and Pam Bondi have attempted to force states like Minnesota to hand over their voter files so that the Trump administration can create a national database with sensitive personal information like driver’s license numbers, Social Security numbers, and party affiliation. This database would provide Trump with a directory for his ongoing campaign of political retribution and pose a serious threat to Americans’ privacy from an administration that has repeatedly mishandled Americans’ sensitive personal information.

Finally (although I could go on), why are you sending threatening letters to state officials when you, yourself, are already in violation of federal law by failing to turn over the Epstein Files?

You said the files were on your desk.

Where are they, Pam? Why haven’t you turned them over?

Some people are saying all this “chaos” serves Trump’s distraction strategy, that this and the Greenland nonsense and the Venezuela invasion are all part of his own “chaos” package to turn our attention away from the Epstein Files that you have been ordered to release.

I guess you think that it will slip our minds. But we’re not like your boss. We don’t have goldfish-like attention spans. We remember.

You went to law school in Florida, right? Stetson, wasn’t it? And you were Florida’s attorney general for many years, right? You know that breaking the law is wrong.

So, as “the chief law enforcement officer of the United States” — which, let us quickly add, still includes the Free State of Florida — maybe a little less with the coercive letters and a little more fulfilling your oath of office?

Clear off your desk and turn over the Epstein Files.

Related:

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Pam Bondi’s Letter to Minnesota Could Unravel Entire ICE Crackdown

Trump’s DOJ accused of ‘extorting’ Minnesota for voter data: ‘It’s a shakedown’

DNC Slams Trump and Bondi’s Attempt to Extort Minnesota for State Voter Rolls Following Alex Pretti’s Murder

Epstein files deadline is long gone. When will more docs be released?

Pam Bondi’s letter to Minnesota’s governor

J.C. Bruce is the founder of Tropic Press, a Florida online news service dedicated to sharing news and commentary relevant to Florida readers, whether it originates in the Sunshine State or elsewhere. Bruce is an award-winning former newspaper editor, journalist and author living in Florida, his native state.

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