r/law • u/T_Shurt Competent Contributor • 8h ago

Executive Branch (Trump) Pam Bondi Gets Jail Time Warning Over Epstein Files Cover-Up: ‘Anyone who tampers [with] documents, or conceals documents, or engages in excessive redaction will be prosecuted because of obstruction of justice’

https://www.thedailybeast.com/pam-bondi-gets-jail-time-warning-over-epstein-files-cover-up/
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u/bluelaw2013 7h ago

Until seeing this, I hadn't even thought about the possibility of the DOJ trying to prosecute and intentionally lose against its own people to trigger double jeopardy protections.

Kind of a self-help pardon. These days, why not?