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mahatmakanejeeves

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Thu Apr 10, 2025, 07:28 PM Apr 2025

DOJ Leader Removed After Bondi Saw Front Office Biden Portrait (1)

Source: Bloomberg Law

April 10, 2025, 3:53 PM EDT; Updated: April 10, 2025, 4:11 PM EDT

DOJ Leader Removed After Bondi Saw Front Office Biden Portrait (1)

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* Move came after Bondi saw Biden, Harris portraits in NSD office
* Official was reassigned to prior position inside division

The Justice Department removed the acting national security head from his post hours after Attorney General Pam Bondi saw a portrait of former President Joe Biden continuing to hang in the division’s front office, according to people familiar with the situation.

Bondi took the step during the week of Feb. 10, just weeks after Devin DeBacker was elevated to serve as the acting chief of the national security division. DeBacker, a former associate White House counsel during the first Trump administration, was also in line to be the division’s permanent No. 2 official. He was reassigned to his prior role as chief of the foreign investment review section.

His demotion came the same day Bondi saw the portraits of Biden, former Vice President Kamala Harris, and Biden Attorney General Merrick Garland still hanging, the people familiar with the situation said.

Bondi previously said she personally took the portraits down after first entering the national security division’s front office at DOJ headquarters. But the link between the portraits and DeBacker’s reassignment hasn’t previously been reported.

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The Justice Department removed the acting national security head from his post hours after Attorney General Pam Bondi saw a portrait of former President Joe Biden continuing to hang in the division’s front office.

https://news.bloomberglaw.com/white-collar-and-criminal-law/doj-leader-removed-after-bondi-saw-front-office-biden-portrait

April 10, 2025 at 5:08 PM

The Justice Department removed the acting national security head from his post hours after Attorney General Pam Bondi saw a portrait of former President Joe Biden continuing to hang in the division’s front office.

news.bloomberglaw.com/white-collar...

Brad Heath (@bradheath.bsky.social) 2025-04-10T21:08:11.001Z

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DOJ Leader Removed After Bondi Saw Front Office Biden Portrait (1) (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2025 OP
JFC if that entire crew is not the pettiest, nastiest, most hateful and grudge bearing bunch of whiny dildos CurtEastPoint Apr 2025 #1
I disagree. Dildos perform a valuable function. NT mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2025 #3
And they are getting more and more out of control. Irish_Dem Apr 2025 #6
The fucking asshole just replaced Obama's portrait with that stupid fucking picture of him getting shot. Initech Apr 2025 #24
Is this legal? I mean, it's not as if he were caught kissing pootin's ass... SheltieLover Apr 2025 #2
She is as crazy as Trump. Does she drink or do drugs? Irish_Dem Apr 2025 #4
Sometimes crazy just comes with the genes. erronis Apr 2025 #9
What a dweller Apr 2025 #5
A government of immature brats. Nt BootinUp Apr 2025 #7
Now, Merrick the Meek, I would considered this "POLITICAL". republianmushroom Apr 2025 #8
Can you say "fascist"? sinkingfeeling Apr 2025 #10
OMFG!!! Fuck this administration! May they all rot in hell! Initech Apr 2025 #11
What a piece of crap. She's actually gotten worse than when she was in Florida NoMoreRepugs Apr 2025 #12
Margaret Atwood couldn't have written something better than these weirdos mdbl Apr 2025 #13
Unbelievable!!! wordstroken Apr 2025 #14
She sold her soul for a small campaign contribution years ago struggle4progress Apr 2025 #15
I doubt she had one to sell. chowder66 Apr 2025 #16
Portrait of former president hanging in the oval office. List left Apr 2025 #17
Having a portrait of Trump is going to be mandatory Old Testament Libera Apr 2025 #18
I was just joking with my mom the other day about that electricmonk Apr 2025 #23
I predict Bondi's portrait will be hanging in an DOJ building after the Fatass45 administration is gone. jls4561 Apr 2025 #19
Can you just imagine working in a toilet like that? hadEnuf Apr 2025 #20
This entire administration must have the most fragile egos on the planet Bayard Apr 2025 #21
Bunch of petty assholes Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Apr 2025 #22

CurtEastPoint

(19,824 posts)
1. JFC if that entire crew is not the pettiest, nastiest, most hateful and grudge bearing bunch of whiny dildos
Thu Apr 10, 2025, 07:33 PM
Apr 2025

Irish_Dem

(79,371 posts)
6. And they are getting more and more out of control.
Thu Apr 10, 2025, 07:39 PM
Apr 2025

It is foolish to be making so many enemies and putting themselves at risk
when they have so much power and control.

Initech

(107,241 posts)
24. The fucking asshole just replaced Obama's portrait with that stupid fucking picture of him getting shot.
Fri Apr 11, 2025, 06:28 PM
Apr 2025

erronis

(22,482 posts)
9. Sometimes crazy just comes with the genes.
Thu Apr 10, 2025, 07:52 PM
Apr 2025

Drugs, etc. are additional problems. But as Churchill might have told Lady Astor:

"And you, Lady Astor, are ugly. As for my condition, it will pass by the morning. You, however, will still be ugly.

mdbl

(8,020 posts)
13. Margaret Atwood couldn't have written something better than these weirdos
Thu Apr 10, 2025, 08:41 PM
Apr 2025

like Bondi, Noem, etc

List left

(652 posts)
17. Portrait of former president hanging in the oval office.
Thu Apr 10, 2025, 10:41 PM
Apr 2025

George Washington's portrait is still hanging in the oval office. Fire Trump!

18. Having a portrait of Trump is going to be mandatory
Thu Apr 10, 2025, 10:53 PM
Apr 2025

Just like Uncle Joe Stalin, Mao and Hitler. That's where we are going

electricmonk

(2,015 posts)
23. I was just joking with my mom the other day about that
Fri Apr 11, 2025, 12:37 AM
Apr 2025

After reading about his planned military parade I said he's going to order everyone to hang his photo up like his idol Kim Jong Un next.

jls4561

(2,826 posts)
19. I predict Bondi's portrait will be hanging in an DOJ building after the Fatass45 administration is gone.
Thu Apr 10, 2025, 11:15 PM
Apr 2025

It will be in a urinal.

hadEnuf

(3,511 posts)
20. Can you just imagine working in a toilet like that?
Thu Apr 10, 2025, 11:24 PM
Apr 2025

Under a psycho bitch like Bondi?

It would be intolerable. All they want to do is fire people and stick it up everyone's ass. It's like a nasty 13 year old bully being made the principal of their own school.

We need a nationwide strike. Too bad we don't have leadership like that.

Bayard

(28,358 posts)
21. This entire administration must have the most fragile egos on the planet
Thu Apr 10, 2025, 11:32 PM
Apr 2025

They feel threatened and act out constantly.

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