Former US Attorney General Pam Bondi spoke out after being fired from her perch as the head of the Justice Department and teased her new private sector role, where she will “continue fighting for President Trump.”
“Leading President Trump’s historic and highly successful efforts to make America safer and more secure has been the honor of a lifetime, and easily the most consequential first year of the Department of Justice in American history,” she posted on X.
“I remain eternally grateful for the trust that President Trump placed in me to Make America Safe Again.”
Ex-US Attorney General Pam Bondi spoke out after being fired from her position of running the Justice Department while also teasing her new role in the Trump administration. REUTERSTrump’s decision to axe Bondi came weeks after making the first cabinet-level firing of his administration, when he terminated former Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem, who is now serving as special envoy to the Shield of the Americas.
Bondi is getting a new private sector role where she will be allied with the administration, but details of that position are not fully clear.
In the meantime, Trump has tapped Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche to serve as interim AG while he decides on a permanent replacement. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin is considered a viable option.
“I will be working tirelessly to transition the office of Attorney General to the amazing Todd Blanche before moving to an important private sector role I am thrilled about, and where I will continue fighting for President Trump and this Administration,” Bondi added on X.
Bondi posted on X, “Leading President Trump’s historic and highly successful efforts to make America safer and more secure has been the honor of a lifetime.” REUTERSTrump told Bondi in person on Wednesday that she was on the outs, a source previously told The Post.
That conversation took place after the two attended the Supreme Court’s oral arguments in the birthright citizenship case earlier that day.
Bondi, who served as Florida Attorney General from 2011 through 2019 and was a key ally of Trump’s in the 2020 election aftermath, had been the president’s second choice to helm the DOJ after former Rep. Matt Gaetz withdrew.
She quickly faced controversy after claiming on Fox News last February that a list of late sex predator Jeffrey Epstein’s “clients” was “sitting on my desk right now to review.” Later, MAGA influencers were welcomed to the White House and given binders titled “The Epstein Files: Phase 1.”
The former head of the Justice Department will still be involved with the current administration, though her new role has not been revealed.
White House chief of staff Susie Wiles later told Vanity Fair in an interview last year that Bondi “completely whiffed” the Epstein situation, chiding that “there is no client list, and it sure as hell wasn’t on her desk.”
Key allies of the president, such as right-wing activist Laura Loomer, both publicly and privately pushed Trump to give Bondi the boot. After her firing, several Republicans in Congress, such as Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SD) cheered.
Trump, who famously had a falling out with the AGs of his first term — Jeff Sessions and Bill Barr — appeared frustrated with the DOJ’s lackluster attempts to prosecute some of his political foes.
