Pam Bondi didn't say, 'It's probably a crime to accuse the president of committing a crime after he breaks the law'

A rumor that circulated online in April 2025 claimed that, during an appearance on "Fox News Sunday," U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi told the TV show's host, Shannon Bream, "It's probably a crime to accuse the president of committing a crime after he breaks the law."

Numerous users on Bluesky, Facebook, iFunny, Imgur, Instagram, Threads, X and other websites shared the rumor either as a text quote or as an image that appeared to be a screenshot of a TV broadcast that included a "Fox News Sunday" lower-third graphic — known in the TV industry as a chyron — featuring the alleged quote. Many users interpreted Bondi's purported words as referring to U.S. President Donald Trump, although neither the quote nor the screen grab showing the alleged chyron explicitly named him.

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While it's true that Bondi appeared for an interview with Bream on "Fox News Sunday" on April 6, she did not say the quoted words about the president. Searches of Bing, DuckDuckGo, Google and Yahoo failed to turn up any results from news media outlets reporting on the matter as fact.

Rather, the graphic — a fake — originated in an April 11 post (archived) on a Facebook page managed by a user named James Schlarmann, who describes himself in the page's Intro section as a comedian and satirist. He did not yet respond to a request via Messenger for comment about the matter.

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Among the many other fake-quote memes Schlarmann created, another one featuring Bondi displayed (archived) the inauthentic quote, "Putting Tapatio on your eggs is a sign that you're in MS-13." His most popular recent fake quote depicted (archived) Secretary of State Marco Rubio saying, "President Donald Trump is as committed to peace in Ukraine as he is dedicated to his first wife."

Schlarmann also manages the long-running satirical website The Political Garbage Chute, as well as the Alternative-Science.com website and Facebook page.

Snopes has addressed similar satirical claims regarding Schlarmann's satirical works in the past, including the assertion that tech billionaire Elon Musk intended on buying Facebook so that he could delete the social media platform, as well as a rumor that Trump signed an executive order naming himself winner of the 2016 presidential election's popular vote.

For background, here is why we alert readers to rumors created by sources calling their output humorous or satirical.