Bondi told reporters during the ceremony where President Donald Trump signed a decree to reinstate the death penalty in Washington, D.C.: “We aim to achieve this not only in Washington, D.C., but across the entire country.”
Trump signed an executive order directing Attorney General Pam Bondi and the Federal Prosecutor for the District of Columbia to apply the penalty in cases that warrant it.
During the signing ceremony in the Oval Office, White House Staff Secretary Will Scharf stated: “This is a presidential memorandum directing Attorney General and District of Columbia Federal Prosecutor Jeanine Pirro to fully implement the death penalty here in Washington, where evidence and case facts indicate its necessity.”
