# DC Bar: Urgent Message For Members **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Tags:** trump\ **Created:** [April 21, 2025, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-bar-urgent-message-for-members/1017322 "2025-04-21T19:24:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2025, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-bar-urgent-message-for-members/1017322/1 "2025-04-21T19:24:33Z")
That is the title of the video below. I am not sure how many lawyers we have here who belong to the DC Bar but, if you are one of them, please watch the short (4 minute) video below. The fight against Trump and his enablers needs to start somewhere and this seems as good as any. It might be of general interest to many here even if they are not members of the DC Bar Association. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/d3lnnbmOCS8/maxresdefault.jpg "DC Bar: Urgent Message For Members") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3lnnbmOCS8) ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2025, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-bar-urgent-message-for-members/1017322/2 "2025-04-21T19:27:04Z")
I should add…this is about upcoming elections in the DC Bar and the Trumper Brad Bondi is running to lead the DC Bar. This would (IMO and LegalEagle’s opinion) be a bad thing if he won. LegalEagle recommends [Diane Seltzer](https://www.dcbar.org/news-events/news/meet-president-elect-candidate-diane-seltzer) FWIW. Of course, vote (if you can vote) as you see fit. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2025, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-bar-urgent-message-for-members/1017322/3 "2025-04-21T19:30:18Z")
I watched that just a few minutes ago. LegalEagle Johnson is right! ---
**Author:** ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2025, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-bar-urgent-message-for-members/1017322/4 "2025-04-21T21:05:38Z")
I just wanted to add that I have watched the entire short video, and it’s passionate but not strident IMHO, and while it touches on Trump’s actions, those aren’t the _point_ of the video, just serve to explain why it is so important. The focus is on how this specific Trump enabler in this specific position (if elected) would further damage any hope of independent investigation and censure of illegal actions taken by lawyers friendly to the Trump administration. Just for those who are tired of seeing Trump’s face and voice as an inevitable consequence of challenging his actions. ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2025, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-bar-urgent-message-for-members/1017322/5 "2025-04-21T22:03:54Z")
> [@Whack-a-Mole](#): > > this is about upcoming elections in the DC Bar and the Trumper **Brad Bondi** is running to lead the DC Bar. I didn’t know him, so I had to verify: Yes, US Attorney General Pam Bondi is a relative – his sister. EDIT: Thanks for the corrections. ---
**Author:** ![abcdefghij](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/43a26b/32.png) [@abcdefghij](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/abcdefghij)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2025, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-bar-urgent-message-for-members/1017322/6 "2025-04-21T22:06:43Z")
> [@bordelond](#): > > US Attorney General Pam Bondi is his wife Sister ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2025, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-bar-urgent-message-for-members/1017322/7 "2025-04-21T22:11:03Z")
> [@bordelond](#): > > I didn’t know him, so I had to verify: Yes, US Attorney General Pam Bondi is his wife. > [@abcdefghij](#): > > Sister Wife or sister. All the more reason he should not be allowed within miles of that job. ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2025, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-bar-urgent-message-for-members/1017322/8 "2025-04-21T22:15:53Z")
> [@abcdefghij](#): > > > [@bordelond](#): > > > > US Attorney General Pam Bondi is his wife > > Sister Oddly, if you Google “Brad Bondi spouse”, the first link that pops up is a [WJLA.com](http://WJLA.com) link, the preview of which reads: > _Brad Bondi, a lawyer and the husband of President Trump’s Attorney General Pam Bondi , is one of two candidates hoping to lead the D.C. Bar …_ When you click on the link, the actual WJLA article shows that Brad and Pam Bondi are siblings. Weird. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2025, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-bar-urgent-message-for-members/1017322/9 "2025-04-21T22:27:49Z")
> [@Whack-a-Mole](#): > > > [@bordelond](#): > > > > I didn’t know him, so I had to verify: Yes, US Attorney General Pam Bondi is his wife. > > > [@abcdefghij](#): > > > > Sister > > Wife or sister. > > All the more reason he should not be allowed within miles of that job. “She’s my sister! She’s my wife! She’s my sister and my wife!” (Apologies to Robert Towne.) ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2026, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-bar-urgent-message-for-members/1017322/10 "2026-02-25T21:25:33Z")
Bumped with an update: he lost. [https://www.npr.org/2025/06/09/g-s1-71568/pam-bondi-brother-race-election-dc-bar](https://www.npr.org/2025/06/09/g-s1-71568/pam-bondi-brother-race-election-dc-bar) ---
**Author:** ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2026, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-bar-urgent-message-for-members/1017322/11 "2026-02-25T21:55:51Z")
Thank you for the update, and per the reporting from the link, there was massive turnout > More than 38,000 people voted in the race, more than five times as many voters in a typical election, he said. And Bondi’s statements (which I will not quote or read again) were very ironic in their complaints about how everyone was making this partisan and political. Given the legitimate inquiries on how the DOJ seems to have been strongly favoring clients of his, and the people/entities his firm has chosen to defend… Well, best I can say is nothing is proven yet. But I wouldn’t be throwing stones… ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2026, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-bar-urgent-message-for-members/1017322/12 "2026-04-19T14:00:25Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Bumped with an update: he lost. Thank God. He’s probably as bad as Pam. Shit, he could be worse, if that’s possible. ---
**Author:** ![PatrickLondon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/patricklondon/32/4422_2.png) [@PatrickLondon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatrickLondon)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2026, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-bar-urgent-message-for-members/1017322/13 "2026-04-19T14:50:50Z")
> [@Whack-a-Mole](#): > > Brad Bondi With a name like that, he could have a career in _that sort of_ movie. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2026, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-bar-urgent-message-for-members/1017322/14 "2026-04-19T15:57:05Z")
Boom chicka _bowwow_. ---
**Author:** ![PatrickLondon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/patricklondon/32/4422_2.png) [@PatrickLondon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatrickLondon)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2026, 9:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-bar-urgent-message-for-members/1017322/15 "2026-04-20T09:16:39Z")
As it happens, I recall there’s an apt Australian saying for someone who isn’t around for long > **[Shoot through like a Bondi Tram](https://celebrating.waverley.nsw.gov.au/nodes/view/73606)** > > Read the full record details for Digital exhibitions: Shoot through like a Bondi Tram