Attorney General Pam Bondi made it crystal clear during an interview with Fox News host Jesse Watters on Thursday evening: her patience with high-ranking Democrats obstructing justice and interfering with the work of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents is running a little low.
During the interview, Watters brought up a recent announcement from Bondi about preservation letters sent to former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins. The letters were issued by Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche.
The letters demand that Pelosi and Jenkins retain all related documents regarding their alleged efforts to impede ICE operations. The Department of Justice considers calls to arrest ICE agents an impediment to federal investigations, Bondi said.
“You are impeding an investigation, and we will charge you. If they think I won’t, they have not met me,” Bondi told Watters.
She also ordered Pelosi to “preserve her emails,” which would be used as evidence if charges were brought.
The preservation letters are in response to public statements made by both Pelosi and Jenkins, who have been vocal about their opposition to ICE raids, particularly during a government shutdown when federal agents aren’t receiving pay. Pelosi has suggested that federal agents who are breaking the law be arrested and face consequences for their actions, though this is seen by the current administration as incitement against ICE operations taking place in sanctuary cities such as Chicago and San Francisco.
President Donald Trump and his immigration team believe that statements like these push a false narrative that puts the lives of agents in danger and undermines national security.
Data from Homeland Security backs that claim up, showing a “1,000 percent increase in assaults” on ICE officers in recent months. The operations signed off on by the president have resulted in over 1,000 arrests of illegal aliens in a single day.
