Trump Fires Attorney General Pam Bondi — Second Cabinet Secretary Ousted
Trump fired AG Pam Bondi after the birthright citizenship humiliation at SCOTUS, Epstein files mishandling, failed prosecutions of Letitia James (3 grand jury refusals), and accidentally releasing damning evidence against Trump. Second Cabinet secretary fired after Noem.
On April 2, 2026, Trump fired Attorney General Pam Bondi — the second Cabinet secretary ousted in less than a month after Kristi Noem. A White House official told MS NOW that Trump had informed Bondi days earlier that she would "soon be removed."
Bondi's tenure was defined by a string of failures and embarrassments:
- Birthright citizenship humiliation: The SCOTUS oral arguments the day before her firing went badly, with Roberts, Jackson, Barrett, and Gorsuch all skeptical. Trump attended and left halfway through.
- Epstein files debacle: Bondi's DOJ withheld files mentioning Trump, was caught tracking which lawmakers searched the files, and accidentally released a prosecution memo containing damning evidence about Trump's business motive for keeping classified documents.
- Letitia James prosecution collapsed: Three consecutive grand juries refused to indict James — virtually unprecedented. The prosecutor Bondi appointed, Lindsey Halligan, was found to be unlawfully appointed.
- Jerome Powell prosecution: "zero evidence": A judge found "essentially zero evidence" that Powell committed any crime "other than displeasing the president."
- Six Democratic lawmakers: A grand jury refused to indict any of them over the "illegal orders" video.
Deputy AG Todd Blanche will serve as acting attorney general. EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin is on the shortlist to replace Bondi — meaning the administration may move its top environmental deregulator to the nation's top law enforcement post.
The speed of the firing was notable. When Kristi Noem was removed as DHS Secretary on March 5, she was given the face-saving title of "Special Envoy" and a graceful exit. Bondi got no such courtesy — she was told she'd "soon be removed," then fired outright. Whatever she did, it angered Trump more than a $220 million vanity ad campaign, a $70 million government sex plane, and lying about it to his face.
The irony is bitter: Bondi was brought in specifically to "weaponize" the DOJ against Trump's enemies. She weaponized it enthusiastically — but incompetently. Grand juries refused her cases. Judges called her prosecutors unlawfully appointed. She accidentally gave Congress evidence against her own boss. And now she's gone — the second Cabinet secretary fired in less than a month.