Pam Bondi Dismissed Charges In Alleged Covid Scam After The Case Had Passed Review For 'weaponization'

WASHINGTON — Trump management officials had already reviewed a criminal lawsuit against a Utah expert accused of trading clone Covid vaccination cards and allowed it to proceed earlier Attorney General Pam Bondi abruptly intervened complete nan play and ordered nan lawsuit dismissed, a defense lawyer said.

Dr. Michael Kirk Moore was connected proceedings past week successful a lawsuit involving claims that much than $28,000 successful Covid-19 vaccinations were destroyed arsenic portion of an alleged strategy involving nan issuance of clone vaccine cards. Moore was indicted connected nan charges in 2023.

On Saturday, Bondi announced connected nan level X that she was ordering nan charges against Moore dismissed, penning that nan expert "gave his patients a prime erstwhile nan national authorities refused to do so." Bondi said nan dismissal “would not person been possible” without Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., and thanked Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah.

Moore's attorney, Kathy Nester, told NBC News that she submitted accusation astir nan lawsuit for reappraisal by Justice Department activity earlier this twelvemonth aft Bondi announced nan statement of a "Weaponization Working Group" to analyse claims of national rule enforcement being utilized against Trump friends and advocates.

“As an advocator for my client, I conscionable wanted to effort thing we could to thief him,” Nester said. “I thought nan weaponization committee was absorbing and caller and mightiness autumn nether nan type of cases they would beryllium willing successful reviewing.”

As first reported by Bloomberg Law, Nester submitted nan lawsuit to nan Justice Department group backmost successful April and asked for it to beryllium reviewed. A counsel for nan agency of Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche told her they declined to move to extremity nan prosecution.

"When I sewage nan connection they were not going to intervene, I conscionable started getting fresh for proceedings and did not prosecute immoderate much governmental avenues," Nester said.

Bondi’s determination to driblet nan lawsuit complete nan play came astatine a clip erstwhile nan lawyer wide is facing blowback from Trump supporters complete nan Justice Department not releasing much accusation astir nan Jeffrey Epstein case.

It's unclear if location will beryllium further fallout from nan Moore case. Acting U.S. Attorney Felice John Viti signed paperwork to person nan lawsuit dismissed. Other profession prosecutors who had worked connected nan lawsuit did not motion onto nan dismissal filing.

On Friday, Bondi fired galore Justice Department labor who had antecedently worked pinch erstwhile Special Counsel Jack Smith connected nan investigations into Trump complete his handling of classified documents and his efforts to overturn his 2020 predetermination loss.