Trump 'misfired' direct message to Bondi with post demanding Comey indictment: WSJ

President Donald Trump needed just one "errant" message to ensure his administration would pursue an indictment against one of his political foes, according to a new report.

The Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday that Trump believed his Truth Social post in which he called for Attorney General Pam Bondi to prosecute former FBI Director James Comey was sent in private. He was "surprised" to learn the post was public, according the report.

“We can’t delay any longer, it’s killing our reputation and credibility,” Trump wrote on Sept. 20.

The post irked Bondi, who pressed White House aides and Trump to make a second post saying she was doing a great job, according to the report.

Even so, the report states that Trump's "errant post" was all it took to get Comey indicted.

"The misfire provided a window into how, through command and chaos, Trump has executed a wholesale transformation of the Justice Department," the report states.

Some of the changes mentioned in the report include pressuring career prosecutors like Erick Siebert to resign after refusing to go after Trump's political enemies; appointing loyalists to fill key leadership roles, and asserting himself in prosecutorial decisions.

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