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Takket

(23,087 posts) Sun Jul 13, 2025, 07:30 PM Jul 13

Bondi has fired her personal ethics advisor

Last edited Sun Jul 13, 2025, 08:04 PM - Edit history (1)

Not a surprise really. if your ethics advisor is telling you that you are breaking the law/ethics, just get rid of them! The political equivalent of putting duct tape over your check engine light so you can't see it anymore lol

https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/bondi-fires-her-personal-ethics-chief-as-doj-purge-continues

Attorney General Pam Bondi has fired her personal ethics adviser, removing the Justice Department’s top official responsible for counseling the most senior political appointees, according to two people familiar with the move.

Joseph Tirrell, a career attorney who’d spent nearly 20 years at the department, received a termination letter from Bondi July 11 that didn’t state a reason for his immediate removal from federal service. Similar to notices the Trump administration has sent to dozens of other DOJ civil servants, Bondi cited Article II of the Constitution, which concerns presidential powers, the sources said.

Tirrell, who transferred from the FBI in 2018 after a decade of service there, headed the DOJ’s ethics office. His portfolio included reviewing and approving financial disclosures, recusals, waivers to conflicts of interest, and advice on travel and gifts for Bondi, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, FBI Director Kash Patel, and other DOJ leaders.

He also oversaw a team of ethics staffers that provide guidance to employees in all the department’s litigating offices, law enforcement agencies, and other branches.

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Bondi has fired her personal ethics advisor (Original Post) Takket Jul 13 OP

She clearly has no need. No ethics, no need for an ethics counselor biophile Jul 13 #1

I can only assume she had no idea an "ethics advisor", or ethics in general, were a thing Takket Jul 13 #10

Of course she fired him, and will the others under him asap... Ethics are so "Woke"... /snark slightlv Jul 13 #28

No shit...........person was DENVERPOPS Jul 13 #33

Of course she did. We don't need no stinkin' ethics. Ocelot II Jul 13 #2

GOOD!!! elleng Jul 13 #3

She had one?! greatauntoftriplets Jul 13 #4

LOLOL Skittles Jul 13 #5

I would like to hear him sing 😉 IcyPeas Jul 13 #6

+1 SunSeeker Jul 13 #15

K&R UTUSN Jul 13 #7

Who would have thought Bondi could be merciful? Red Mountain Jul 13 #8

Bondi may NEED an ethics adviser, but does she perceive any use for one? DFW Jul 13 #9

Great Call DFW nc DENVERPOPS Jul 13 #34

Was it this guy? thesquanderer Jul 13 #11

If you do not care about ethics, then you do not need an advisor LetMyPeopleVote Jul 13 #12

Maybe she fired him because she knows she is going to be replaced by Gaetz and wants Gaetz to have to find a in2herbs Jul 13 #13

Dept. of Justice still shows him as being on staff FakeNoose Jul 13 #14

At 23 years service, I think he is eligible for early retirement. SunSeeker Jul 13 #17

Maybe he'll get reassigned to a different department FakeNoose Jul 13 #23

They didn't reassign him, he was fired. But he can still apply for pension benefits. nt SunSeeker Jul 13 #35

Having experience is a fire-able offense in this administration. Iggo Jul 13 #32

That reminds me of Al Franken's line... regnaD kciN Jul 13 #16

... orangecrush Jul 13 #18

Hits Close to Home Beetwasher. Jul 13 #19

Excuse me, her WHAT? LisaM Jul 13 #20

ROFLMAO mdbl Jul 13 #21

...People in this regime HAVE ethics advisors? Karasu Jul 13 #22

Weird to fire your ethics advisor right before you get fired. Iggo Jul 13 #26

This message was self-deleted by its author Iggo Jul 13 #24

Pam Blondie Klaus Hergersheimer Jul 13 #25

She had an ethics advisor? 2MuchNoise Jul 13 #27

MAGA is an ethics-free regime. sinkingfeeling Jul 13 #29

When you're in a cult nobody at this time could change your mind kimbutgar Jul 13 #30

Must have surprised her that her ethics advisor had ethics. Figarosmom Jul 13 #31

Talk about Waste and Fraud. spanone Jul 13 #36

Criminals have no need for ethics advisors. GoodRaisin Jul 13 #37

I'm kinda surprised she had one in the first place. Reader Rabbit Jul 13 #38

Update with letter from the fired ethics advisor Takket Jul 14 #39

She don't need no stinking ethics. Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jul 14 #40

Ethics? In this administration? Ha ha ha ha ha ha... good one! Initech Jul 14 #41

Ethics advisor?! BAAAHAHAHAAAAA!!! electric_blue68 Jul 14 #42

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1. She clearly has no need. No ethics, no need for an ethics counselor