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riversedge

(80,040 posts)
Thu Jan 22, 2026, 01:01 PM Jan 22

· 1m Trump is now calling on Pam Bondi to prosecute Jack Smith.

most of us knew it would come to this once Smith testified in public.



‪Ron Filipkowski‬
‪@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social‬
· 1m
Trump is now calling on Pam Bondi to prosecute Jack Smith.

Trump is now calling on Pam Bondi to prosecute Jack Smith.

Ron Filipkowski (@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social) 2026-01-22T17:57:54.428Z
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· 1m Trump is now calling on Pam Bondi to prosecute Jack Smith. (Original Post) riversedge Jan 22 OP
I'm surprised they haven't done it already. Ocelot II Jan 22 #1
They wouldnt dare Johonny Jan 22 #6
They'll certainly dare. They've already tried to prosecute other especially capable people Ocelot II Jan 22 #7
Yeah, they certainly don't seem to have a learning mechanism BaronChocula Jan 22 #18
It's also to feed red meat to their cult members... haele Jan 22 #25
Like the others: A Hung Jury (if it even passes Grand Jury stage). nt Justice matters. Jan 23 #45
Power grab, King of the Hill, My law not your rules. They have inverted reality. bucolic_frolic Jan 22 #2
Inverted reality - exactly. yellow dahlia Jan 22 #13
Why, of course. It was the Democrats that boxed up classified documents and stored them in your bathroom. sinkingfeeling Jan 22 #3
Furrher down thread... irisblue Jan 22 #4
Doesnt he have a job? Or does he set around watching TV all day? GusBob Jan 22 #5
Unfortunately , he does have a job, he just hasn't got a clue how to do it Walleye Jan 22 #8
Something to do during the transfusion. thought crime Jan 23 #43
Sure looks like Bondi Traildogbob Jan 22 #9
I think Blondi has passed her "breed-by" date; she's 60. MLWR Jan 22 #33
For what they put our country through? kerouac2 Jan 22 #10
It's pure projection. fierywoman Jan 22 #24
I thought I was reading about Donald Trump. ananda Jan 22 #11
They aren't very good at Bettie Jan 22 #12
She wouldn't dare prosecute him pfitz59 Jan 22 #14
And yet Schlump will probably hound her to do it. ShazzieB Jan 22 #34
She's as dumb as his supporters. Justice matters. Jan 23 #46
Said the idiot with 34 felonies to his name Grim Chieftain Jan 22 #15
You can tell from the vitriol that Jack Smith scares the shit out of Trump. flashman13 Jan 22 #16
Yes, that is so true! ShazzieB Jan 22 #36
Actually, Pam Bondi is a deranged animal who shouldn' be let out of her cage. milestogo Jan 22 #17
I thought he'd already called on her to indict him months ago. Can't "daddy" keep his facts straight? Vinca Jan 22 #19
TRUMP KNOWS WHAT HE DID Jimvanhise Jan 22 #20
Reality Winner (her real name) did FIVE years for ONE page. Justice matters. Jan 23 #47
Maybe Trumpo has a urinary tract infection. He seems upset. Common symptom among the elderly. twodogsbarking Jan 22 #21
So it was the Democrats, not Trump, Mblaze Jan 22 #22
Good thing Artificial Intelligence was not a 'thing' yet. nt Justice matters. Jan 23 #48
My goodness, Mr. Smith seems very calm and txwhitedove Jan 22 #23
They run a circus. Smith nailed it. thought crime Jan 23 #44
Go ahead. Bondi choie Jan 22 #26
It won't survive a grand jury hearing. Grins Jan 22 #30
They'd have to make up the charges. Everything he did was within the framework of the law. ChicagoTeamster Jan 22 #27
Oooo, Discovery C_U_L8R Jan 22 #28
Pam Bondi.... Boo1 Jan 22 #29
Trump as a witness jonstl08 Jan 22 #31
The deranged king speaks and once again show how deranged he is. Lonestarblue Jan 22 #32
Just go die, you orange bastard! paleotn Jan 22 #35
Ironic that he calls Smith a deranged animal. Dave Bowman Jan 22 #37
Projection is very telling. nt Justice matters. Jan 23 #49
When is the Hague gonna popsdenver Jan 22 #38
I would actually love to see Pam Bondi vs Jack Smith in court. Mr. Evil Jan 22 #39
One request! H2O Man Jan 23 #42
He's a madman and obsessed with revenge. IMPEACH him. Joinfortmill Jan 23 #40
Recommended. H2O Man Jan 23 #41

Ocelot II

(129,730 posts)
1. I'm surprised they haven't done it already.
Thu Jan 22, 2026, 01:07 PM
Jan 22

But whatever crimes they think Smith committed would have occurred more than five years ago, so any federal statutes of limitations have run out. He stepped down as Special Counsel on January 10, 2025. They missed it by 12 days.

Of course, they could always try to bust him for "lying" to Congress.

Johonny

(25,752 posts)
6. They wouldnt dare
Thu Jan 22, 2026, 01:23 PM
Jan 22

In a real court Jack Smith can't be bullied and lied about by house members. He gets to produce facts and his witnesses.

Imagine Jim Jordan under oath on a witness stand or Trump . . .

No, they would never dare, I think.

Ocelot II

(129,730 posts)
7. They'll certainly dare. They've already tried to prosecute other especially capable people
Thu Jan 22, 2026, 01:32 PM
Jan 22

like James Comey, Adam Schiff and Letitia James. These cases will never be presented to a jury because the aim isn't to get a conviction; they know the charges are bullshit and won't stick. The purpose is to harass and embarrass their targets and cause them to be inconvenienced, to have their lives disrupted, and to have to spend a lot of money on legal fees.

BaronChocula

(4,188 posts)
18. Yeah, they certainly don't seem to have a learning mechanism
Thu Jan 22, 2026, 02:52 PM
Jan 22

Every time this failed "president" fails without consequences, he doubles down on his failed tactics. In this way, he's like a Temu terminator.

When he fails WITH consequences (stock market plummets), he's like a TACO (he folds).

haele

(15,190 posts)
25. It's also to feed red meat to their cult members...
Thu Jan 22, 2026, 03:11 PM
Jan 22

"These people are evil people! My mortal enemies. And they're hiding behind the Law!"

bucolic_frolic

(54,490 posts)
2. Power grab, King of the Hill, My law not your rules. They have inverted reality.
Thu Jan 22, 2026, 01:08 PM
Jan 22

That's what we're up against. Turning the system of laws on its head.

yellow dahlia

(5,205 posts)
13. Inverted reality - exactly.
Thu Jan 22, 2026, 02:16 PM
Jan 22

We live in the upside down world.

The RWmedia is exerting mind control through a constant fire hose of inverted reality, under the guise of news and information.

Don't believe your lying eyes.

irisblue

(37,060 posts)
4. Furrher down thread...
Thu Jan 22, 2026, 01:12 PM
Jan 22

Yes, a prosecutor (and future AG) who handled war crimes at The Hague is worried about a draft dodging pedophile posting on social media. Come on, he’s not a Republican member of Congress here.

(@aveline72.bsky.social) 2026-01-22T17:59:55.577Z

GusBob

(8,190 posts)
5. Doesnt he have a job? Or does he set around watching TV all day?
Thu Jan 22, 2026, 01:16 PM
Jan 22

What working person sets around watching television all day

Traildogbob

(12,726 posts)
9. Sure looks like Bondi
Thu Jan 22, 2026, 01:51 PM
Jan 22

Is trumps Fixer, Micheal Cohen. “Says Who”? Hope we are smart enough to not fall for her makeover to distance herself from him, until she needs a Pardon, like good ole Micheal. (What fools we were)
Crime pays. Pays damn well. Like ICE for high school dropouts.
God don’t let Cohen and Bondi breed, if they unite to hold off the libs and prison.

kerouac2

(1,463 posts)
10. For what they put our country through?
Thu Jan 22, 2026, 02:07 PM
Jan 22

JFC that jumps out as such a ridiculous thing for this wrecking ball of a person to even say.

pfitz59

(12,515 posts)
14. She wouldn't dare prosecute him
Thu Jan 22, 2026, 02:37 PM
Jan 22

'Discovery' would destroy her case. Overwhelming proof that Trump committed treason.

ShazzieB

(22,339 posts)
34. And yet Schlump will probably hound her to do it.
Thu Jan 22, 2026, 03:52 PM
Jan 22

He wants what he wants, and he doesn't have enough sense to learn from his mistakes. When he wants somrthing, he will push and push, and if he has to finally give up on something, he'll make up a story that turns the loss into a win and tell it as often as possible. (Exhibit A: his continuing insistence that he won the 2020 election.)

Like a lot of people who go to work for Schlump, I think Blondi got more than she probably bargained for when she accepted the AG job. Either that, or she's dumber than a box of rocks. If she actually accepted that job in the full awareness that it was going to largely consist of lying, participating in coverups, and prosecuting innocent people that Schlump just happens not to like for nonexistent crimes, well...good for her, I guess.

For me, one of the biggest mysteries about Schlump is that so many people are still willing to sign on to be his lackeys after seeing the way he's publicly treated so many of his loyal bootlickers in the past. I can't imagine my way into the mindset of someone who would be able to tell themself "Never mind what happened to all those other people, I and I alone have the ability to keep Trump happy, commit all the crimes he wants me to commit, tell all the ludicrously transparent lies he wants me to tell, and do it all without destroying my career or ending up in jail. And even if I do get in trouble, his Supreme Orange Majesty will protect me!"

Right, lady, he'll protect you, the same way he protected Michael Cohen, Allen Weisselberg, Rudy Giuliani, and so many others. in the meantime, have fun fending off the constant pressure to launch an investigation into Jack Smith with the aim of prosecuting him on some trumped up (pun intended) charge that any judge in their right mind will laugh out of court. I hope he keeps at it until he drives you as bat shit crazy as he is, because YOU DESERVE IT.

Jimvanhise

(579 posts)
20. TRUMP KNOWS WHAT HE DID
Thu Jan 22, 2026, 03:03 PM
Jan 22

Smith was hired to investigate Trump theft of government documents which Trump refused to return for a year. When the FBI went in and confiscated them, they said that there were top secret documents which if anyone else had them in their possession like that they would have arrested them on the spot. I wish they had.

Justice matters.

(9,556 posts)
47. Reality Winner (her real name) did FIVE years for ONE page.
Fri Jan 23, 2026, 02:45 AM
Jan 23

Equal justice for all (US Constitution) has been replaced by peace.thru.strenght (Orwell - 1984. about hitler).

Mblaze

(937 posts)
22. So it was the Democrats, not Trump,
Thu Jan 22, 2026, 03:06 PM
Jan 22

Last edited Mon Jan 26, 2026, 02:40 PM - Edit history (1)

Who told the "Proud Boys" to stand back and stand by and then incited his MAGA army to come to DC on January 6, saying "it will be wild". It was Democrats, not Trump, who told the mob to march to the Capitol saying "I will be with you" and told them to fight like hell or they would lose their country. It was Democrats, not Trump, who texted that Mike Pence had betrayed him that started the "Hang Mike Pence" chants while revealing their mini-gallows. It was Democrats, not Trump, who sat near the Oval Office watching those Trump flag carrying insurrectionists attack Capitol Police and breach the Capitol building by breaking windows and doors without making any move to stop it for three hours until Ivanka begged him to do something.

This was all viewed on TV live by Americans and concerned viewers around the world. Republicans continue to insist that humans deny their own eyes and ears and minds and buy their bullshit spin over and over again. Shame upon the Republican lie machine and shame upon MAGAs who refuse the truth. If the truth shall set you free then MAGA has no liberty at all.

txwhitedove

(4,362 posts)
23. My goodness, Mr. Smith seems very calm and
Thu Jan 22, 2026, 03:08 PM
Jan 22

polite for a "deranged animal".

I can't believe this circus. The very opening had me yelling at Gym Jordan

Grins

(9,333 posts)
30. It won't survive a grand jury hearing.
Thu Jan 22, 2026, 03:37 PM
Jan 22

And if it does it will not survive a court jury. These are the guys who couldn’t convict a guy for tossing a sub sandwich at an ICE officer.

ChicagoTeamster

(598 posts)
27. They'd have to make up the charges. Everything he did was within the framework of the law.
Thu Jan 22, 2026, 03:13 PM
Jan 22

Who's going to be the prosecutor? Jeanine Pirro is battings 1000.

jonstl08

(551 posts)
31. Trump as a witness
Thu Jan 22, 2026, 03:39 PM
Jan 22

They will never do it because then Trump will be called as a material witness. Do you think they want trump on the stand under oath.

popsdenver

(1,870 posts)
38. When is the Hague gonna
Thu Jan 22, 2026, 04:02 PM
Jan 22

arrest Putin, Netanyahu, and Trump for International War Crimes, and Crimes Against Humanity?????????

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