President Donald Trump is leaning into the recent shake-ups at the Department of Justice by making a rare appearance at its headquarters in Washington, D.C., alongside Attorney General Pam Bondi to deliver a speech late Friday afternoon.
A month into Bondi’s tenure, Trump’s visit signals he is firmly united with the attorney general, a vocal Trump ally, as she makes sweeping changes to the DOJ that include gutting its public corruption unit, ramping up immigration enforcement, halting most Civil Rights Division activity, and conducting reviews to punish those who partook in what Trump has alleged was “third-world weaponization of prosecutorial power” during the Biden administration.
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