Trump fires Pam Bondi as attorney general
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Trump has been increasingly frustrated with Bondi in recent days, sources told NBC News.

Attorney General Pam Bondi has been fired, a senior administration official and a source familiar with the matter told NBC News.

Donald Trump had grown “more and more frustrated”  with Bondi in recent days, a person familiar with White House deliberations said, adding that while he likes her as a person, he doesn’t think she has “executed on his vision” in the way that he wants.

According to a source familiar with the decision, Todd Blanche will be the acting attorney general, effective immediately.

  • givesomefucks@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 days ago

    Todd Blanche:

    In his personal capacity, he represented several figures associated with president Donald Trump and former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani, including Trump’s former campaign manager, Paul Manafort; the businessman Igor Fruman; and the attorney Boris Epshteyn.

    In April 2023, prior to his arraignment, Trump hired Blanche to defend him in the District Attorney’s Office of New York County’s prosecution of the former president over concealed hush-money payments to Stormy Daniels. Blanche later defended him in the federal classified documents and election obstruction cases. He led Trump’s defense in his criminal trial.

    In November 2024, following his victory in the 2024 presidential election, Trump named Blanche as his nominee for deputy attorney general. He was confirmed by the Senate in March 2025.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Todd_Blanche

    Literally just hiring his own lawyers, decades after any competent lawyer stopped working for him…