Legal expert hands Democrats a roadmap to derail a second Trump nominee
With ex-Rep. Matt Gaetz out of the way as Donald Trump's nominee to be his attorney general, a noted election lawyer made the case that he Florida Republican's replacement is also ripe for a take-down.
Appearing on MSNBC's "The Weekend," attorney Mark Elias called out the Gaetz replacement nominee, former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi, as an "election denier" who should be grilled at her Senate confirmation hearings about the 2020 presidential election.
Asked if he was preparing Senate Democrats for the Bondi hearing, what he would ask, he replied, "So look, the question I always asked before the election was somebody ask Donald Trump what state he legitimately lost in 2020."
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" So one thing I would do with her is revisit these comments in 2020 and ask if she stands by them and what evidence she now has of fraud in Pennsylvania and where else?" he elaborated. "She will say that is ancient history, we don't need to cover that and the truth is we do need to cover it. The moment we move on from allowing people to make irresponsible statements about the 2020 election, which they still stand by, she won't repudiate it, she'll say let's move on."
"The moment she continues to be allowed to wiggle out there, we lose something important," he added. "The other thing is, I think a very important clip you guys played, and I think everyone needs to focus on this: she has said that there needs to be political prosecutions. She has said they need to investigate the investigators, not because she had any knowledge, not because she was privy to any wrongdoing on their part, but simply because Donald Trump has said that he wants to go after his political opponents, he wants to go aferr Jack Smith and his investigators and anyone who stood up to him. "
"To have the power to oversee criminal investigations and parrot that language, she has to be asked about that.," he added. "That is not only not normal, that is absolutely dangerous."
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