US EditionPam Bondi Weaponized Justice — and Still Lost Her Job
Todd Blanche takes over as acting attorney general as Trump weighs a permanent replacement after months of scrutiny over the Epstein files.
- On Tuesday, President Donald Trump fired Attorney General Pam Bondi, telling her "time for a change" while traveling to the Supreme Court, ending her 14-month tenure leading the Justice Department.
- Bondi faced months of scrutiny over her handling of Jeffrey Epstein files, while Trump expressed frustration that the Justice Department failed to prosecute perceived political enemies he had singled out.
- Before her removal, Bondi aggressively pursued figures including John Brennan and Cassidy Hutchinson to shore up her standing, while facing an impending House Oversight Committee appearance for sworn testimony.
- Trump installed deputy Todd Blanche as acting attorney general while publicly floating Environmental Protection Agency administrator Lee Zeldin, a former New York congressman, as a potential permanent replacement.
- President Donald Trump's niece Mary Trump warned that "nobody will be found to be loyal enough" to the president, as Bondi's departure marks the second cabinet exit following Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem's ousting.
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Pam Bondi weaponized justice — and still lost her job
A Miami Herald editorial explains the dangerous precedent that Attorney General Pam Bondi set by using her office to prosecute Donald Trump's political enemies. In the end, it was her mishandling of the Epstein files that led to her downfall.
Guest Opinion: Pam Bondi showed how to weaponize justice and kowtow to Trump — and still lost her job
Pam Bondi was loyal, turning the U.S. Department of Justice into a tool for partisan and political retribution, just as President Donald Trump intended. In the end, though, that wasn’t enough to keep her job as U.S. attorney general. Her…
Trump Fires Attorney General Pam Bondi For Not Making His Vindictive Fantasies A Reality
You're never safe when you're working for Trump. That much was obvious in Trump's first term, when he fired Attorney General Jeff Sessions, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, National Security Advisor John Bolton, and FBI Director James Comey. They were all fired for the same reason: failing to be completely loyal to Trump. This time…
Liz Wheeler exposes Pam Bondi’s epic list of failures after Trump fires her
Last week, President Trump announced the dismissal of Pam Bondi as the U.S. attorney general.BlazeTV host Liz Wheeler was ecstatic when she heard the news.“The American people voted for President Trump because we want justice ... and Attorney General Pam Bondi prosecuted zero of the big abuses against us. Zero,” she says.On this episode of “The Liz Wheeler Show,” Liz revisits the former AG’s biggest failures in her 14-month tenure. “Dr. Fauci li…
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