'Death knell': Ex-prosecutor highlights 'absolute disqualifier' for Trump's latest nominee

Donald Trump's new attorney general nominee has an absolute disqualifier under her belt, according to a former prosecutor.

Former federal prosecutor Joyce Vance Friday noted the decision of Matt Gaetz, Trump's first pick for A.G., to withdraw his name from consideration.

"Gaetz, completely unqualified and credibly accused of the same kind of conduct the Justice Department prosecutes, was rejected by members of his own party," Vance wrote. "Even they couldn’t stomach Gaetz in the role of the Attorney General."

Vance went on to discuss Pam Bondi, Trump's new pick to replace Gaetz as the A.G. nominee.

"By early evening though, Trump had already made a new pick. That suggests he didn’t really put a lot of time into vetting former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi, who held that office from 2011 to 2019, before going on to positions important to her nomination like defense counsel for Trump during his second Senate impeachment trial," she wrote. "Trump more than likely already knew everything he needed to know to select her."

One thing people should know about Bondi, according to Vance, is that she is a 2020 election denier.

"Bondi has experience as a prosecutor and with running a large office. And she gets high marks from Florida lawyers who’ve worked with her for surrounding herself with very smart people. But Bondi is a 2020 election denier with a long track record—that should be an absolute disqualifier," Vance added. "How can Bondi say she’ll uphold the oath of office that attorneys general take? Election denialism may be an article of faith for Trump supporters, but it should be a death knell for any nomination to be attorney general of the United States."

Vance noted that there some additional controversies with Bondi, as well.

"She has a long history of being aligned with Donald Trump. There were allegations in 2016 that she took improper political donations from Trump’s charitable organization," according to Vance. "The gist of the story involved what some characterized as a bribe to get her to drop the investigation into Trump University while she was Florida’s AG."

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