by Sharon Rondeau
(Apr. 2, 2026) — At midday Thursday, various sources reported Pamela Bondi would make her exit from her position as U.S. attorney general at President Trump’s request.
Bondi will be replaced on an interim basis by Trump’s former litigation attorney, Todd Blanche, who has been serving as deputy attorney general.
Bondi is to remain within the administration, Fox News’s Peter Doocy reported at 1:07 p.m.
The media characterized her departure as a “firing.”
“We know that administration officials were not happy with her handling of the Epstein files,” Fox’s David Spunt said at 1:08, an issue he said “never really went away.”
The House Oversight Committee is investigating the Epstein matter, with Bondi having been scheduled to provide a deposition on April 14.
Bondi testified to the U.S. Senate during Trump’s first impeachment trial, making the case for Joe and Hunter Biden’s involvement in questionable business activities in Ukraine, thereby justifying Trump’s request of newly-elected Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
Trump and Bondi were seated next to one another at Wednesday’s Supreme Court oral argument on birthright citizenship, Fox’s Shannon Bream, who was also present, reported Thursday afternoon following the announcement.
Constitutional law professor Jonathan Turley speculated that EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin will be Trump’s eventual AG nominee.
At 1:22, in accordance with a Truth Social post Trump issued at 1:17 p.m., Fox corrected Doocy’s report to say that Bondi will be moving to a “much needed and important new job in the private sector, to be announced at a date in the near future.”
Trump nevertheless praised Bondi for her work as attorney general, describing her as “a Great American Patriot and a loyal friend, who faithfully served as my Attorney General over the past year. Pam did a tremendous job overseeing a massive crackdown in Crime across our Country, with Murders plummeting to their lowest level since 1900.”
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