Pam Bondi Wanted a Graceful Exit. But Trump Wanted Her Gone.

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https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/02/us/politics/pam-bondi-attorney-general-trump.html

Pam Bondi Wanted a Graceful Exit. But Trump Wanted Her Gone.
Pam Bondi had a feeling her days as attorney general were numbered. But she didn’t expect President Trump to drop the curtain quite so soon.
By Glenn Thrush and Tyler Pager
April 2, 2026, 11:17 p.m. ET

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Mr. Trump has been particularly angry about the Justice Department’s failure to win cases involving his political opponents, including against the former F.B.I. director James B. Comey and the New York attorney general, Letitia James.

One key Trump adviser outside Ms. Bondi’s line of authority, the federal housing official Bill Pulte, had long pushed for her firing, blaming her for slow-walking and bungling the James and Comey cases, among other things, according to people familiar with the situation.

People close to Ms. Bondi, and some administration officials, also said that Boris Epshteyn, the longtime Trump legal adviser, was a key detractor of Ms. Bondi’s and a significant factor in Mr. Trump’s decision to make the move.

In recent weeks, Ms. Bondi tried to shore up her position by moving more aggressively against investigative targets singled out by Mr. Trump, including the former Obama official John O. Brennan and a former White House aide, Cassidy Hutchinson, whom the president has accused of lying about his actions on Jan. 6, 2021, according to officials briefed on the effort.

Now, Mr. Trump’s allies see Lori Chavez-DeRemer, the embattled labor secretary, as a potential contender for the next cabinet secretary to be dismissed.

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