REMAIN CALM ALL IS WELL

 Abraham Lincoln anguished over the frightening losses at the battle of Antietam. "What will the nation say?" he moaned when learning of what was to become the deadliest day in American history. 

Franklin Roosevelt sat stunned in the White House as reports came in, at a trickle at first, and then a flood, about the Japanese surprise attack at Pearl Harbor. Other than the carriers, most of the American fleet was at the bottom of Pearl Harbor. 

The tide of public opinion turned against Lyndon Johnson and the war in Vietnam after the Tet Offensive by the North Vietnamese in 1968. Walter Cronkite, America's most trusted newscaster went on the record during the CBS evening news and opined that the war was not winnable. Johnson later declined to seek re-election. 

What do all these presidents in times of trouble when a war was not going well have in common? 

Well, they all fired their Attorney General the next day, duh. 

NOT 

But that's what happened on Wednesday, the day after the current president gave a yawner of a speech telling the public that all is well and not to panic. He then fired Pam Bondi. 

Read this NY Times amazing article interviewing the shell-shocked Justice Department lawyers on their experiences in the days and weeks after the inauguration when the Justice Department was gutted. It's almost enough to make even a hard-core criminal defense attorney like Rumpole feel sorry for a Fed. Almost. 

The Unraveling Of the Justice Department is here. 

Just remember. Remain calm. All is well.