'Guilty as hell': Trump turns on his attorney general in extraordinary spray

Donald Trump has turned connected US Attorney General Pam Bondi for not yet prosecuting his governmental rivals successful an bonzer nationalist rebuke connected societal media.

The US president claimed Bondi's deficiency of action successful pursuing criminal charges against nan likes of Senator Adam Schiff, erstwhile FBI leader James Comey and New York Attorney Leticia James is "killing our estimation and credibility".

In a connection posted to Truth Social directed astatine his highest-ranking prosecutor, Trump said "nothing is being done" and urged Bondi to bring charges against immoderate of his apical adversaries.

Trump said he has reviewed complete 30 statements and posts complaining astir Bondi's expected inaction.

"They're each blameworthy arsenic hell, but thing is going to beryllium done," he wrote.

"They impeached maine twice, and indicted maine (5 times!), OVER NOTHING. JUSTICE MUST BE SERVED."

In a follow-up post, Trump softened somewhat and described Bondi arsenic a "very careful, very smart" charismatic but said he needed personification tougher to return connected his rivals.

Trump recommended his erstwhile individual lawyer Lindsey Halligan, who now serves arsenic a White House aide, arsenic personification who could execute this task.

"I will beryllium nominating Lindsey Halligan to beryllium nan United States Attorney successful this very important portion of our Great Country," he added.

"She will beryllium Fair, Smart, and will provide, desperately needed, JUSTICE FOR ALL!"

He later announced Halligan's assignment as nan United States Attorney for nan Eastern District of Virginia.

Trump successful July utilized his level to take sides Bondi against disapproval for refusing to make activity offender Jeffrey Epstein's alleged customer database public.

Bondi has not responded publically to Trump's remarks.

Senator Schiff took to X to aft Trump name-checked him successful his Bondi spray and said it was a show of "political retaliation and weaponisation".

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