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“I’m happy that she is not in charge of this investigation anymore because she obviously failed
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Do the reporter thinks that the next person put in charge, Todd Blanche, is going to do any better?
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- Jess Michaels, center, reaches out to Liz Stein, left, at a Stand with Survivors Rally on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)
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- Environmental Protection Agency director Lee Zeldin, left, and Attorney General Pam Bondi listen to President Donald Trump deliver the State of the Union address at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Feb
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- Attorney General Pam Bondi testifies before a House Judiciary Committee oversight hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Feb
- Democratic Representative Ro Khanna speaks with reporters on the steps of the U.S. Capitol after voting in favor of the Epstein Records Transparency Act, on Tuesday, November 18, 2025, in Washington
Summary
Pam Bondi is out as US Attorney General, ending the tenure of a loyalist who upended the Justice Department’s culture of independence from the White House. President Donald Trump said Thursday Pam Bondi is out as his attorney general. Trump in a social media post 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. It marks the end of a 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 house sat silently in the upscale neighborhood on the cloudy but warm afternoon.