Bondi Fired: President Trump has been souring on Attorney General Pam Bondi for months, especially because of her handling of the Epstein files, which has become a political liability for Mr. Trump. Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, a former personal lawyer to Mr. Trump, will be the acting attorney general, the president wrote on social media.
President Trump fired Attorney General Pam Bondi on Thursday, removing the nation’s top law enforcement officer as his frustration with her job performance deepened.
Todd Blanche, the deputy attorney general, will be the acting attorney general, the president said on Thursday.
The House Oversight Committee was scheduled to depose Pam Bondi on April 14 over the Justice Department’s investigation into Jeffrey Epstein and its handling of investigative material in the case. But Bondi had not yet committed to appearing, according to people familiar with the discussions between her and the committee.
Representative Robert Garcia of California, the top Democrat on the panel, said in a statement that Bondi was still “legally obligated to appear before our committee under oath.” A representative for the committee’s Republican chairman did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
President Trump formally announced on Truth Social that he was firing Attorney General Pam Bondi and replacing her on an interim basis with Todd Blanche, her deputy.
“We love Pam, and she will be transitioning to a much needed and important new job in the private sector, to be announced at a date in the near future,” he wrote on social media.
