Trump Cabinet warned open season impeachment looms — but there's a catch

Longtime political strategist Chai Komanduri told MS NOW's Ari Melber that Democrats will have a valid reason to impeach several members of President Donald Trump's Cabinet should they retake the House in November, as many polls suggest is likely — but they should temper their expectations of just how much of a political boon it will be.

"When you look at the blatant admitted targeting of political opponents, which is unconstitutional, the allegations around grift and crypto — I asked Ty Cobb about this, who represented the Trump White House, and he said, in [Attorney General Pam] Bondi's case, of course, there's a substantive case to impeach her if they win the midterms," said Melber, who then played the clip of Cobb saying such.

"One, substantively, should Democrats do that?" asked Melber, himself an attorney. "I mean, if Bondi [isn't] fit for office and they just sleep on that, I don't know what message that sends. And then two, as the political strategist you are, is that something they should actually be running on or just get to it substantively if they win?"

"Look, substantively, there is certainly a case to impeach Pam Bondi. That's 100 percent," said Komanduri. "I personally — I think that should happen. Pam Bondi probably should be disbarred. A lot of the people underneath her, you know, there will be legal discussions about whether they should be disbarred for what they have done. Kristi Noem, Pete Hegseth for the Signal chat, etc. There is a substantive, strong case for the impeachment of any number of officials in Trump's orbit."

"However, I will say politically, there is something I remember from '05, '06, which is there was a move among Democrats to impeach Donald Rumsfeld for the failures of the Iraq War," said Komanduri. "Several Democrats said, you know, we should impeach Donald Rumsfeld for the Iraq War. Politically, it went nowhere. The reason was that the American people held George W. Bush responsible for the Iraq War. They did not hold Donald Rumsfeld responsible. They didn't even know who Donald Rumsfeld was. In their minds, George W. Bush was in charge. He was the person who should be held accountable for the failures of the Iraq War."

"I think that's the same case here," he continued. "Donald Trump is in charge. And yes, gloves should be coming off in terms of Donald Trump. But the American people and Democrats have to face, you know, aim their target directly at him. That is what's most politically viable."

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