Pam Bondi couldn't get the job done – and Democrats celebrated every time she stumbled.
Now Trump has a lawyer running the DOJ who doesn't make the same mistake twice.
And Adam Schiff just told the whole country exactly what that means for his side.
What Schiff Said on MSNBC About the Comey Indictment
Senator Adam Schiff sat down with Chris Hayes on MS NOW's All In and did something Democrats almost never do.
He told the truth.
Hayes asked whether the Justice Department had gotten worse since Pam Bondi's exit.
Schiff said yes – but not for the reason you'd expect.
"He's far more competent than Pam Bondi," Schiff said of acting Attorney General Todd Blanche. "He puts a better public spin on things than Pam Bondi. So, in that sense, he is, perhaps, more dangerous."
The man who spent years telling America that Donald Trump was destroying democracy just went on national television and complained that Trump's new Attorney General is too good at his job.
Schiff wasn't describing wrongdoing.
He was describing competence – and calling it the threat.
What Todd Blanche Has Done Since Taking Over as Acting Attorney General
Todd Blanche took over the DOJ on April 2nd after Trump fired Bondi over her handling of the Epstein files and other missteps.
Blanche is Trump's former personal attorney – the man who defended him through three federal prosecutions – and he brought that same instinct to Main Justice.
Within weeks he approved an investigation into former CIA Director John Brennan, directed the death penalty sought against alleged MS-13 members in California, and opened a federal investigation into ActBlue – the Democrat fundraising machine that funneled billions into left-wing campaigns.
Then came Tuesday.
A federal grand jury in North Carolina indicted James Comey – again – this time for posting a photo on Instagram of seashells arranged to read "86 47."
Blanche stood at the DOJ podium and kept it simple: "Threatening the life of the President of the United States will never be tolerated by the Department of Justice."
FBI Director Kash Patel delivered the sharper line: "As the former Director of the FBI, he knew full well the attention and consequences of making such a post."
Arrest warrant issued.
Charges filed cleanly.
Why Pam Bondi Failed and Todd Blanche Is Getting It Done
Democrats didn't just survive Bondi – they used her against Trump.
When Bondi's indictments of Comey and New York AG Letitia James collapsed last year, it handed the left a ready-made story: Trump's DOJ is all bark and no bite.
The cases died because the prosecutor Bondi used – Lindsey Halligan – had been appointed without proper Senate confirmation.
One procedural error.
Two indictments gone.
Blanche studied the loss and built around it.
The new Comey indictment lands in the Eastern District of North Carolina, filed by a legitimately seated U.S. Attorney, with no appointment challenge available and no procedural escape hatch in sight.
Schiff called the first Comey case a failure and accused Blanche of bringing "even weaker cases forward."
But Schiff knows exactly what a cleaner indictment means – and so does every Democrat lawyer watching this unfold.
There is no trapdoor this time.
The Left Built This Problem Themselves
Bondi gave Democrats procedural gifts.
Blanche gives them nothing – because he files the charges correctly.
James Comey spent years using the FBI to hunt Donald Trump, then posted a call for his elimination on Instagram and said he didn't know what it meant.
Blanche looked at that and saw a statute, a grand jury, and a legitimately appointed U.S. Attorney.
Now Schiff is on MSNBC warning his base that the man across the table is smarter than the last one – and hoping nobody notices that's the scariest thing he's said in years.
Sources:
- Ian Hanchett, "Schiff: Blanche 'May Be Worse' than Bondi Because He's 'More Competent'," Breitbart, April 30, 2026.
- "Federal Grand Jury Indicts Former FBI Director James Comey for Threats to Harm President Trump," U.S. Department of Justice, April 28, 2026.
- "James Comey Indicted Again by Trump DOJ, This Time Over '86 47' Photo," Axios, April 28, 2026.
- "Inside Todd Blanche's Audition for Attorney General," CNN, April 21, 2026.
- "Trump Fires Pam Bondi as Attorney General," CNN, April 2, 2026.