Bondi says she will go after sanctuary cities and those who "weaponized our government"
Attorney General Pam Bondi said on Friday she will go after those who “weaponized our government” and warned that she will continue to sue and pull federal funding for sanctuary cities.
“President Trump’s mission was very clear. His directive was make America safe again. That’s what we’re going to do, no more weaponization. We’re going to go back to fighting basic crime, getting these cartels out of our country by securing our borders, prosecuting the worst of the worst, seizing the drugs, which is what President Trump has directed us to do since the second he’s been in office,” Bondi said on Fox Business.
Bondi said people “will be held accountable who weaponized our government.”
“If you targeted someone, if you went after someone because of their political affiliation, we will be investigating you,” she added. “We will be looking at you because that’s the weaponization, and it has to stop.”
Her comments precede President Donald Trump’s visit to the Justice Department on Friday. Trump, whom Bondi said has never been to the Department of Justice, is expected to outline his vision on crime and immigration.
On sanctuary cities: The attorney general also criticized sanctuary cities, which are jurisdictions with policies that limit cooperation with federal immigration enforcement actions. When asked if there would be sanctuary cities in four years, Bondi said “no way.”
“I wouldn’t even say four years. I’d say give it to the end of the year, sanctuary cities are over. There are no more sanctuary cities as far as the federal government is concerned. What a sanctuary city means is they are harboring criminals. They are harboring illegal aliens, and if you’re tipping someone off when there’s going to be an ICE raid, DHS raid, we will find you and we will prosecute you,” she said.
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