US attorney general Pam Bondi failed to please a president fixated on prosecuting political enemies – key US politics stories from Thursday 2 April at a glance
Spring cleaning has begun at the White House.
Donald Trump on Thursday fired Pam Bondi, the US attorney general, dismissing a loyalist who reshaped the justice department but still failed to please a president fixated on prosecuting political enemies and frustrated with the politically explosive release of the Jeffrey Epstein files.
“We love Pam,” Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social, “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.”
The president added that Todd Blanche, the deputy attorney general, would serve as acting attorney general. Lee Zeldin, a former New York congressman who now leads the Environmental Protection Agency, is said to be a top contender to replace Bondi.
