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 divisions 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 divisions 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 divisions front office at DOJ headquarters. But the link between the portraits and DeBackers reassignment hasnt 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 divisions 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 divisionâs front office.
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(11,945 posts)doing her worst.
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(8,479 posts)like Bondi, Noem, etc
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(662 posts)George Washington's portrait is still hanging in the oval office. Fire Trump!
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(154 posts)Just like Uncle Joe Stalin, Mao and Hitler. That's where we are going
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(2,015 posts)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.
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(3,049 posts)It will be in a urinal.
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(3,580 posts)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.
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(29,275 posts)They feel threatened and act out constantly.