Newsmax Interview: Pam Bondi Urges AG James to Prioritize Fighting Hate Crimes Over Targeting Trump

November 10, 2023 TruthUSA

New York Attorney General Letitia James, instead of attending former President Donald Trump’s ongoing trial on fraud charges, should be focusing on combating the increasing number of hate crimes against the Jewish community in New York City and other parts of the state, former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi told Newsmax.

“Rather than being in a courtroom pursuing Donald Trump on false civil fraud cases, she should be out in the streets of New York with law enforcement,” Bondi said on Newsmax’s “Newsline.” “She should be condemning and preventing these hate crimes, and calling for the arrest of those who are vandalizing police cars. There are surveillance cameras all over New York City. They can catch these individuals.”

This week, the New York City Police Department reported that antisemitic hate crimes surged by 214% following the Oct. 7 terrorist attacks in Israel that resulted in over 1,400 deaths and more than 240 Israelis and others taken as hostages.

“Look at what Mayor [Rudy] Giuliani did to clean up New York and Manhattan when he was mayor,” Bondi said. “[James] could be out in the entire state and on all these college campuses saying, ‘if you don’t stop this, we will arrest you and we will charge you.’ That’s exactly where I would be, and that’s where she should be … if the chief law enforcement officer, meaning Tish James, were out there condemning it, saying this has to stop, we’ve got to protect our Jewish students, as well as the Muslim students, saying that, then it would stop.”

Meanwhile, police officers in New York are “retiring and leaving” because James is not supporting them, she added.

Bondi also commended House Republican conference chair Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., for filing an ethics complaint against Judge Arthur Engoron, who is presiding over Trump’s New York trial, even if Engoron won’t end up recusing himself.

“He’s already made a mockery of our court system,” she said, adding that the appellate courts will probably sanction Engoron.

“What’s happening in that courtroom is truly a travesty, and you know whether you’re a judge or not, you’re supposed to treat the lawyers with respect … I’m also proud of [Trump lawyer] Alina Habba for standing up to him.”

Bondi also commented on the news that America First Legal has petitioned the Federal Election Commission to investigate President Joe Biden’s campaign and the Democratic National Committee in connection with the letter from 51 former intelligence officials about concealing evidence from Hunter Biden’s laptop.

“I don’t think anything will happen under this president,” said Bondi, even with testimony from Michael Morell, a former deputy director of the Central Intelligence Agency.

Morell informed the U.S. House Judiciary Committee that on or around Oct. 17, 2020, Biden confidant and current Secretary of State Antony Blinken had contacted him to discuss the laptop story. Subsequently, a letter was signed by 51 former government intelligence officials debunking the findings on the laptop.

“Blinken triggered a disinformation campaign,” said Bondi. “[Morell] isn’t some rank-and-file member. He was the deputy director and he came in and testified to Congress about this. Blinken did this to help Biden win the presidency. If that’s not the ultimate election interference, I don’t know what it is … but when you’ve got Biden controlling the CIA, the FBI, and the Department of Justice right now, I can’t see anything happening, at least for another year and a half.”

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