Pam Bondi said the Trump administration follows court orders, but the record shows otherwise. They ignored multiple rulings until courts started preparing contempt proceedings. In one case, a federal judge ordered them to stop deporting certain Venezuelan nationals. The flights continued anyway until the judge warned criminal contempt hearings were coming. In another case, they were told to return Kilmar Abrego Garcia after an illegal deportation. The government sat on that order for weeks until lawyers filed a contempt motion. There’s even evidence from inside the DOJ where a top Trump official told staff to say “fuck you” to court orders. That is not how a lawful administration behaves. They only acted when judges threatened to throw their people in jail. The MAGA crowd wants to act like they respect the courts, but every time the law stood in their way, they stalled, ignored it, or attacked the judges. That’s the real record.
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Sen. @PattyMurray: "Can you confirm that you agree that this administration should follow court orders?
@AGPamBondi: "We will follow court orders, Senator. The entire administration will follow court orders. The problem arises in the district courts...."
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