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Trump fires Pam Bondi as US attorney general, White House official says
By Andrew Goudsward and Nandita Bose
Thu, April 2, 2026 at 1:37 PM EDT


WASHINGTON, April 2 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump has removed Attorney General Pam Bondi from her post, a White House official said on Thursday, following mounting frustration with her performance, including her handling of investigative files ‌related to the late financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

Trump had also reportedly grown frustrated that Bondi was not moving quickly enough ‌to prosecute critics and adversaries who he wanted to face criminal charges.

In a social media post, Trump praised Bondi as a "Great American Patriot and a loyal friend" and said she will ​move to a job in the private sector. Trump said Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, his former personal lawyer, will lead the Justice Department in the interim.

Pam Bondi fired as U.S. attorney general
President Trump dismissed Pam Bondi from her role as the nation’s top law enforcement official following ongoing negative publicity and controversy over DOJ investigations. Social media and officials responded with mixed takes while Bondi called her tenure an 'honor of a lifetime.'

Why did Trump fire Attorney General Pam Bondi?
During her tenure as the top U.S. law enforcement official, Bondi was a combative champion of Trump’s agenda and dismantled the Justice Department’s longstanding tradition of independence from the White House in its investigations.

But it was repeated criticism over the Epstein files, including from Trump allies and some Republican lawmakers, that came ‌to dominate her tenure. Bondi was accused of covering ⁠up or mismanaging the release of records on the DOJ’s sex trafficking investigations into Epstein, a financier who cultivated ties with an array of wealthy and powerful figures.

POLITICAL HEADACHE

The issue created political headaches for Trump and drew renewed scrutiny ⁠of his past friendship with Epstein, which he has said ended decades ago.

Her ouster could lead to a shake-up in strategy at the Justice Department and potentially a renewed push to deploy the U.S. legal system against Trump’s targets.

Bondi is the second senior Trump official to be ousted recently. Trump removed Homeland Security Secretary Kristi ​Noem ​on March 5 following criticism of her management of the agency and Trump’s immigration ​agenda.

Bondi, a former Republican state attorney general in Florida, ‌said she worked on restoring the Justice Department’s focus on violent crime and rebuilding trust with Trump’s supporters after federal prosecutors twice criminally charged Trump during his years out of power.

Bondi also faced criticism over the removal of dozens of career prosecutors who worked on investigations disfavored by Trump, with critics accusing her of abandoning the DOJ’s traditional focus on even-handed justice.

Bondi defended the rollout of the Epstein files, saying the Trump administration had been more transparent on the issue than previous presidents and that DOJ lawyers worked on a compressed timeline to review reams of material.

SPARRING WITH LAWMAKERS

During a ‌combative hearing before a House of Representatives panel in January, Bondi responded to criticism ​with political attacks directed at lawmakers. She refused to apologize or look at Epstein victims ​and their relatives who attended the proceedings.

Bondi early last year played ​into fevered speculation about the Epstein files, saying a client list was on her desk for review. But after ‌an initial release included material that had largely already been ​public, the DOJ and FBI declared in ​July that the case was closed and that no further disclosures were warranted.

The move prompted an eruption of criticism and eventually a bipartisan law passed in November requiring the Justice Department to release nearly all of its files.

The release of roughly 3 million pages of ​records still did not quell the controversy, as lawmakers ‌criticized redactions in the files and the disclosure of the identities of some Epstein victims.


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I'm not sure what she could have done that she didn't try to do. She tried and failed to get indictments and convictions of Trumps perceived enemies. I don't think anyone else he puts in the role will be any more successful..

I mean you gotta have some evidence in order to get those indictments and convictions. Doesn't appear they have that evidence.. Wouldn't that suggest there wasn't a crime?

No, a lack of evidence doesn't mean there wasn't a crime, and I am not speaking in direct relation to this specific topic. Lot's of crime go unresolved due to a lack of evidence. Lot's of people are acquitted due to a lack of evidence.

That doesn't mean a crime didn't happen.

So not guilty still means guilty? Can't even come up with enough evidence to get an indictment still means guilty? Got it.

Well that wasn't what was said - he said lack of evidence doesn't mean a crime wasn't committed. And in the broader, big picture discussion that is fine. What isn't fine is to insinuate that somehow these political persecutions and abuse of power - which is exactly what they are - are crimes that lack evidence. What we have seen is a lack of evidence but Trump still push and get the DOJ to try to prosecute. If memory serves we had prosecutors resign because it was unethical and they knew there was no evidence. We've seen Grand Jury procedures blatantly manipulated in order to fabricate the decision in Trump's favor (which was then later exposed and tossed by the judge).

Generally - in life - crimes happen and there is a lack of evidence and no prosecution. Historically in the USA only about 13-14% of burglaries ever lead to a prosecution. That's an example.

That has nothing to do with the politically motivated attempts to prosecute people Trump feels slighted by whereby there is no evidence but still the DOJ has sought to bring charges.

I think all we need to do is be sure which point we are discussing. One really should have nothing to do with the other.

I think I see what you are trying to say.. But still that doesn't change the facts. They couldn't even find enough evidence of Wrong Doing to get an indictment. There is an old saying, something about Grand Juries and Ham Sandwiches......

At least for now, in America, you are innocent until proven guilty... in the eyes of the law anyway.

It's kinda like Trump not being a pedophile because there isn't any evidence yet we all know he was/is a bit of a horn dog that chased girls and women, Cheated on all his wives, walked into dressing rooms with teenage girls, and he hung out with a known/proven pedophile for years.... and keeps hiding from investigation.. Yeah, sure, I can see that..

The problem here is people like to pick and choose when to trust the findings of the court and when not to. When the Justice system comes up with a jury finding someone guilty they approve of they claim it was rigged or manufactured and only tend to agree with going after people they don't like regardless of the evidence or lack there of.

That's the loophole they use. "The court system doesn't always get it right and some people found not guilty are guilty."

Even when someone is found guilty based on the evidence they call it lawfare or a witch hunt. Rather than trying to understand that a jury found a person guilty based based on the evidence they will dismiss it and blame the people who brought the charges when it was actually the jury who found them guilty.

For context maybe we should ask who it is exactly they're referring to.

geez, the mother teresa, the angel of mercy.

how could he be so cruel? I'm sure she will find work as a hospice nurse. she is sooo comforting.

That is two women in a row. It makes you wonder how much longer Karoline Leavitt has left.