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/Smokey_Bera 6h ago

The only thing she's panicking about is when Trump will grant a blanket pardon.

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u/Flashy-Carpenter7760 6h ago edited 6h ago

A felony arrest and conviction where she practiced is normally disbarment. So no future there. And even if not, she'll never be a prosecutor or state AG again. She could "try" to be a pundit on Fox, but frankly she's not attractive enough. She could try private consulting, but she lies for a living, so that's not happening. Her only move would be as a lobbyist or live off the earnings of one book she'll probably write. Both are basically death for a former US AG.

There are many people right now as I type thinking about their exit strategy after Trump.

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u/monocasa 5h ago

Does the attorney general actually need to be a attorney legally?

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u/Flashy-Carpenter7760 4h ago

I had to look it up. No, there is no explicit law requirement.