Former Attorney General Pam Bondi has spoken out after being abruptly fired by President Donald Trump. In a statement on social media, Bondi wrote, "Over the next month, I will be working tirelessly to transition the office of Attorney General to the amazing Todd Blanche before moving to an important private sector role I am thrilled about, where I will continue fighting for President Trump and this Administration."
The nation's former chief law enforcement officer then boasted her accomplishments during her 14 months in the position, claiming that she led Trump's "highly successful efforts to make America safer and more secure" and calling it "the honor of a lifetime." She also framed her time in the role as "easily the most consequential first year of the Department of Justice in American history."
"Since February 2025, we have secured the lowest murder rate in 125 years, secured first-ever terrorism convictions against members of Antifa, shattered domestic and transnational gangs across the country, taken custody of more than 90 key cartel figures, and won 24 favorable rulings at the Supreme Court," Bondi concluded. "I remain eternally grateful for the trust that President Trump placed in me to Make America Safe Again."
Trump announced Bondi's ousting on Thursday afternoon. Her exit leaves her deputy, Todd Blanche, as the acting attorney general until a permanent replacement is chosen. Blanche previously served as Trump's defense attorney in his New York criminal case, which resulted in a conviction on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records.
"Pam Bondi is a Great American Patriot and a loyal friend, who faithfully served as my Attorney General over the past year," Trump said in a Truth Social post. "We love Pam, 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."
According to Fox News, Bondi was informed of her ousting prior to Trump's live address to the nation on Wednesday, April 1, and was already on her way back to Florida by the time the evening broadcast began. Hours earlier, she and Trump had visited the Supreme Court to hear oral arguments in their birthright citizenship case.
Bondi's departure follows months of controversy and public backlash over the Trump administration's handling of the Epstein files - a massive trove of evidence related to Jeffrey Epstein's 2019 child sex-trafficking case, the release of which was a major campaigning point for the president in the 2024 election. Additionally, reports say Trump had become disgruntled with Bondi for not pursuing more cases against his political opponents.
Even one of Bondi's top allies in the administration, White House chief of staff Susie Wiles, criticized Bondi's handling of the Epstein evidence in a December 2025 profile for Vanity Fair. "I think she completely whiffed on appreciating that that was the very targeted group that cared about this," Wiles said. "First she gave them binders full of nothingness. And then she said that the witness list, or the client list, was on her desk. There is no client list, and it sure as hell wasn't on her desk."
