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Trump fires Pam Bondi and installs his former defense attorney as acting AG

On April 2, 2026, President Trump announced via Truth Social that he was removing Pam Bondi as U.S. Attorney General. Trump said Bondi would "transition to a much needed and important new job in the private sector." Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche — Trump's former personal defense attorney in the Manhattan DA and Jack Smith cases, confirmed as DAG in March 2025 — was named acting attorney general. Sources told CNN and CBS that Trump was frustrated with Bondi over her handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files and her failure to pursue prosecutions of his perceived political enemies. Lee Zeldin, the EPA administrator, emerged as the likely permanent replacement. The firing made Bondi the second Cabinet secretary removed in recent weeks, following Kristi Noem's exit from DHS.