LOADING ERROR LOADINGPam Bondi, who served as President Donald Trump’s controversial pick to lead the Justice Department for his second term, is out as attorney general. Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche will become acting attorney general, Trump said. Attorney General Pam Bondi testifies as survivors of Jeffrey Epstein's child sex abuse stand in the background, during the House Judiciary Committee hearing on the Justice Department's handling of the Epstein files, on Feb. 11. “Pam Bondi took the DOJ in a lawless, non-independent, shameful direction, and the institution of justice has suffered as a result.”U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi, seen here answering questions from the media in March, has been ousted from her role. The House Oversight Committee's Ranking Member Robert Garcia (D-Calif.) speaks to reporters after Democrats walking out of a closed briefing by Attorney General Pam Bondi and Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche in front of the committee at the Capitol in Washington, D.C., on March 18, 2026.

Source: Huffington Post April 02, 2026 17:20 UTC