Yesterday, President Donald Trump removed Attorney General Pam Bondi from her role leading the Justice Department. Following her removal, Mike Fox, a legal fellow at the Cato Institute’s Project on Criminal Justice, released a new blog, writing in part:

“Just as it is the responsibility of federal prosecutors to independently scrutinize the evidence before bringing a case, it is the responsibility of senators to rigorously scrutinize the next nominee, ensuring they confirm someone who possesses no history of prosecutorial misconduct and who pledges to place their constitutional oath above personal allegiance. When a president requests that the law be violated, an ethical attorney general must maintain his or her integrity. And when the president calls upon them to violate their ethical obligations, they must refuse and, if necessary, resign — following the example of those who have already resigned in the Trump era to protect the Justice Department from political incursion.”

To speak with Fox about the removal of Pam Bondi, contact Christopher Tarvardian.