Melissa Murray and John Avlon: The Dark Legal Clouds Ahead

Pam Bondi is likely to sail to confirmation—even if she's an election denier and pretends she was born yesterday—because she meets the simple qualifications of being a lawyer and former prosecutor, and because she's not a frat paddle come to life i.e. Matt Gaetz. But the fact that she wasn't able to clearly state that the U.S. is her client, not Donald Trump, is a giant red flag. Ditto for his personal lawyers also coming on board. Plus, the ominous removal of Mike Turner from the House intelligence committee, how Biden's farewell address stacked up, and what the locked-up shampoo bottles at CVS say about blue-state governance.

Melissa Murray and John Avlon join Tim. 
show notes

• John's "How to Fix It" podcast
  
  
• Melissa's "Strict Scrutiny" podcast
  
  
• Biden's farewell address
  
  
• John's book, "Washington's Farewell"