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Attorney General Pam Bondi was so furious with six federal prosecutors who announced they would resign rather than prosecute the widow of a Minnesota woman killed by an ICE agent that she fired them before they had a chance to give their notice.

  • OshagHennessey@lemmy.world
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    5 hours ago

    Public servants have an obligation to the general public that overrides all other priorities. If you’re not prepared to use your powers to resist fascism, or even corruption, on behalf of the public you serve, you shouldn’t pursue a career in public service.

    We consent to following their rules in exchange for them representing our will; that is the social contract between a government and her governed people.

    • I Believe Sascha Riley@lemmy.world
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      1 hour ago

      You write as though you have no idea whatsoever how this works in reality.

      Go read up on Alina Habba and Lindsey Halligan. Great legs, mediocre attorneys, illegal appointments, and they’ve lost more for the regime than they ever even began to win.

      Hell, I’ll make it easy for you and give you a TL;DR: because the previous Virginia AG refused to prosecute revenge charges for Trump against his political enemies and walked out, and was replaced by Lindsey Halligan, the resulting questionable legal moves and political drama meant that in the end charges against James Comey and Letitia James have been dropped altogether. Similar situation with Alina Habba, who is now no longer New Jersey AG.

      Walking out and taking your expertise with you, forcing the regime to find people to replace you, is already working very well on the ground to fuck up the regime’s revenge prosecutions.

    • saimen@feddit.org
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      3 hours ago

      Public servants are not the government. They have an obligation to do what the government tells them to do.