Two of his loyalists, Kash Patel for FBI director and Pam Bondi for attorney general, have been selected for important law enforcement roles.
Trump implied that if approved, they would be free to choose how to apply the law. However, he also called special counsel Jack Smith “very corrupt” and singled out those he feels went too far./
In his investigation. He accused the members of the House committee that looked into the assault on the U.S. Capitol on January 6 of being “political thugs and,
You know, creeps” who committed crimes while doing their duties. “Honestly, they ought to be put in jail for what they did,” Trump said.
“No, not at all,” Trump said when asked whether he would order the FBI and Justice Department to prosecute them. The phrase “I think they’ll have to look at that,
But I’m not going to — I’m going to focus on drill, baby, drill” alludes to reaching for further oil reserves. Trump said that Biden may pardon the committee members if he so chooses, “and maybe he should.”
