Last week, U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi paid a visit to Rome, Italy, and Lyon, France, in what conspiracy theorists and panicked Eurocrats see as part of the Trump administration’s declared strategy of support for political forces “resisting” the EU authoritarian super-state. Aside from institutional meetings, Bondi had a non-protocol meeting with Italy’s Lega head Matteo Salvini, which might indicate that such allegations are not just paranoia.
An account of Bondi’s agenda on the U.S. Justice Department website from Dec. 15 reads:
“Last week, Attorney General Pamela Bondi visited Rome, Italy to deliver the keynote address at the 25th Anniversary of the Palermo Protocol To Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons and met with Italian government officials. Attorney General Bondi held meetings with U.S. Ambassador to Italy Tilman Fertitta and U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See Brian Burch. At the Vatican, Attorney General Bondi met with Pope Leo XIV and participated in a meeting with Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican Secretary of State. In Lyon, France, Attorney General Bondi visited the headquarters of INTERPOL and participated in a series of meetings with Secretary General Valdecy Urquiza and U.S. Ambassador to the French Republic and the Principality of Monaco Charles Kushner.”
