
Analysts predicted Pam Bondi declined to use her office to pursue Trump’s opponents and that her likely successor would be more willing to press such cases; Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche’s public statements that the president can order DOJ investigations heightened those concerns. Trump’s announcement that he will nominate Blanche as attorney general formalizes the prospect of a more politically driven approach to prosecutions and intensifies scrutiny of DOJ independence.
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