Pam Bondi, a Trump loyalist who oversaw Justice Department upheaval, is out as his attorney general

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: AP

Updated 1:54 PM EDT, April 2, 2026


WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Thursday that Pam Bondi is out as his attorney general, ending the contentious tenure of a loyalist who upended the Justice Department’s culture of independence from the White House, oversaw large-scale firings of career employees and moved aggressively to investigate the Republican president’s perceived enemies.

The announcement follows months of scrutiny over the Justice Department’s handling of files related to Jeffrey Epstein’s sex trafficking investigation that made Bondi the target of angry conservatives even with her close relationship with Trump. She also struggled to satisfy Trump’s demands to prosecute his political rivals, with multiple investigations rejected by judges or grand juries or yet to produce charges.

Trump named Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche as the acting attorney general, though three people familiar with the matter have said he has privately discussed Lee Zeldin, the head of the Environmental Protection Agency, as a permanent pick.

Bondi, a former Florida attorney general, came into office last year pledging that she would not play politics with the Justice Department, but she quickly started investigations of Trump foes, sparking an outcry that the law enforcement agency was being wielded as a tool of revenge to advance the president’s political and personal agenda.

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Trump confirms the firing of Pam Bondi

— MeidasTouch (@meidastouch.com) 2026-04-02T17:30:35.879Z

Article updated.

Original article/headline

Trump says Pam Bondi, a loyalist who oversaw Justice Department upheaval, is out as attorney general

Updated 1:29 PM EDT, April 2, 2026


WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump said Thursday that Pam Bondi is out as his attorney general, ending the contentious tenure of a loyalist who upended the Justice Department's culture of independence from the White House, oversaw large-scale firings of career employees and moved aggressively to investigate the Republican president's perceived enemies.

The announcement follows months of scrutiny over the Justice Department's handling of files related to Jeffrey Epstein's sex trafficking investigation that made Bondi the target of angry conservatives even with her close relationship with Trump. She also struggled to satisfy Trump's demands to prosecute his political rivals, with multiple investigations rejected by judges or grand juries.

The former Florida attorney general came into office last year pledging that she would not play politics with the Justice Department, but she quickly started investigations of Trump foes, sparking an outcry that the law enforcement agency was being wielded as a tool of revenge to advance the president's political and personal agenda.

Bondi ushered in a period of intense turmoil at the department that included the firings of career prosecutors deemed insufficiently loyal to Trump and the resignations of hundreds of other employees. Her departure continues a trend of Justice Department upheaval that has defined Trump's presidency as multiple attorneys general across his two terms have either been pushed out or resigned after proving unwilling or unable to meet his demands for the position.

[Beachnutt]

1. Hopefully

She'll begin to spill the beans on the epstien files and other matters.

[wcmagumba]

3. I doubt that any beans will be spilled as there were no doubt threats made to herself and family...that's how TSF rolls.

[CanonRay]

18. I doubt it, she's complicit

She was involved in helping Epstein get rid of the original charges in Florida way back when...she's got too much dirty laundry hanging on the line.

[Wiz Imp]

32. "She was involved in helping Epstein get rid of the original charges in Florida way back when"

There's no evidence of that. That happened in 2008. She didn't become AG of Florida until 2011.

[Turbineguy]

2. Ernst Rohm said what a great guy Hitler was right up until they shot him.

[Ray Bruns]

4. Bwaaahahahahahaha

https://m.

[highplainsdem]

5. Glad she's gone, but Todd Blanche is another Trump flunky and will be as bad as she's been.

[Ponietz]

8. He was defense attorney at the 34 Count New York felony conviction trial

He’s sure to be even more reprehensible and despicable than Bondi.

[otchmoson]

33. But the competence!

Why President Pedo would even consider this "loser" is a wonder, isn't it?

[skypilot]

16. That's why I never get much enjoyment...

...out of the firing or resignation of anyone in this administration. They will always be replaced by someone just as bad or worse.

[3catwoman3]

27. And there's always someone worse.

[BlueKota]

6. He will just choose someone even worse as her

final replacement.

[AdamGG]

24. Maybe the My Pillow guy?

Is Giuliani still available?

[BlueKota]

39. Neither one would surprise me.

Haven’t heard anything lately about Guliani lately. Maybe he will ask Kevin Sorbo, Dean Cain, or Doctor Phil.

[twodogsbarking]

7. Non-stick Pam.

[erronis]

9. A forever chemical --- blond.

[calimary]

34. I LOVE that.

“Non-stick Pam”!

[Mr. Sparkle]

10. "but the Dow is over 50,000"

[Wiz Imp]

35. She said (or started to say) "but the Dow is over 50,000 DOLLARS"

Of course, the DOW is not measured in Dollars.

[Botany]

11. Does Pam now have to give back the 25 K bribe Donny paid her in 2013 to quash Florida's D o J from ...

…. looking into Trump University?

Trump’s rich friends are gonna buy her silence. She knows too much.p

“We love Pam, and she will be transitioning to a much needed and important new job in the private sector, … “



Write much Donny?
“ …. our Deputy Attorney General, and a very talented and respected Legal Mind, Todd Blanche, will step in to serve as Acting Attorney General.”

… the talented Deputy Attorney General who has a respected legal mind Todd Blanche, will assume the role of acting Attorney General.

[William Seger]

12. Just admit you fukked up, Donny, and fire the rest of your incompetent losers, too (nt)

[ananda]

14. This isn't about fucking up. It's about image.

America First is a rich white male only club.

[hamsterjill]

13. No tears for Pammie from me.

Guess she didn't jump fast enough or high enough.

No real change as Trump will just appoint someone (a man, I'm sure, this time) who will jump on cue.

[Sancho]

15. No worries...she was seen loading file boxes in her Subaru and heading for Florida...

[AdamGG]

17. Pete Kegsbreath is...

...incoming in 3..2..1...

Because, you know Iran is all his fault.

[orangecrush]

19. She refused to swallow

Any more of his bullshit?

[LilElf70]

20. Ba Bye Bondi

While were at it with the "B" words.

[Blumancru]

21. Bye, Fellatrix

[LeftInTX]

22. He wants someone worse

[Attilatheblond]

23. People still demanding ALL the files, an end to ICE, he's losing the war & nobody is running to save him

and his big speech bombed, as usual. It means some woman has to be fired to distract him from his massive failures, for five or six minutes.

Since Noem is in a pretend job, and Putin still has use for Gabbard, Bondi knew it was time to clean out her desk before himself even rolled outta bed.

edited to fix typo in title

[King_Klonopin]

25. GFR

[Blue Owl]

26. Just look what all that loyalty gets you in the end with a sociopath like Dump

Why ANYONE sticks with that POS is beyond me.

[ProfessorGAC]

28. What A Shame!

She seemed so nice & competent.

[SergeStorms]

29. Buh-bye, Pammy.

Loyalty is a one-way street with the Big Orange Fascist Pig. You should have known that all along.

[Marie Marie]

30. My grin is ear to ear. I revel in her humiliation. Fired after all that loyalty and ass kissing - OUCH!

That's gotta hurt. Everyone of them think that they will be the exception to the rule that Trump eventually screws everybody over.

[Figarosmom]

31. All the women he put in offices will be gone by the end of the yeat.

He doesn't believe women are strong enough. That's why they are losing all their vases against his enemies, I'm his mind. Men will be strong enough to lie better.

[KitFox]

36. She was supposed to sit for an under oath deposition before the House

oversight committee in less than 2 weeks. I imagine she will try to get out of that. Drumpf regime gang flouts the law whenever convenient. What a hideous circus we are living through.

[Deminpenn]

37. Zeldin, Pirro, Habba all mentioned

as replacements. Senate Rs are reportedly pushing Mike Lee primarily to get rid of him in the Senate.

[patphil]

38. One thing these people never realize is that, with Trump, loyality only goes one way.

Pam couldn't deliver on Trump's directive to punish his enemies, and her guy was a disaster at the SCOTUS hearing, with Trump present in the room!
She failed the "what have you done for me lately" test, and made him look like a loser at the SC.
Color her gone.

[Rhiagel]

40. Ding Dong the Witch is Dead!

&list=RDkPIdRJlzERo&start_radio=1

[GreenWave]

41. All that career threatening buttkissing has gotten her nowhere.

[anamnua]

42. So many historical analogies come to mind:

Thomas Cromwell, Yezhov et al. People who served their despotic maters loyally and without moral compunction — and yet ended up being thrown to the wolves when expediency demanded.

[jmowreader]

43. The only thing I'm really surprised about is how long it took for Trump to start canning his ass-kissers

In his first assault on our nation he fired a lot more of his cabinet by this point.

[BumRushDaShow]

44. "In his first assault on our nation he fired a lot more of his cabinet by this point."

That's because he had more "establishment" types in there the first term. This go-around, he went straight to the loudmouth loons (many who still haven't been confirmed yet). And now they are not working as planned!

[pat_k]

45. Wouldn't it be nice if he had fired her for her criminal conduct?

To bad it was apparently because he was pissed off with the failure to successfully prosecute his political enemies.

Of course, with that as the test, nobody he sticks in there will "succeed" because there is no legal basis for the prosecutions he orders them to pursue.

[Evolve Dammit]

46. She did her job and will be rewarded. Death Eater.

[Crowman2009]

47. Let's hope disbarment and prison are in her future.

[question everything]

48. She is not Roy Cohn

[ificandream]

49. Her eventual book should be interesting.

[mdbl]

50. The asshole taking over isn't any better

[Mark.b2]

51. "You can do that?"

Biden this afternoon when he heard that Trump fired his AG.

[taxi]

52. I would like to dedicate this song to the slow-to-learn sycophants of the current administration

[link:

Bump, bump, bump Bondi's under the bus, under the bus,
Bump, bump, bump Bondi's under the bus

[thought crime]

53. She didn't understand the role of AG under Trump.

She tried to stop short of fully incriminating herself. That wasn't good enough. Or rather, bad enough...

[hamsterjill]

54. How fast can they kick her ass out of the military housing?

n/t