Right after rumors started swirling about her potential termination, news dropped that the President had already fired AG Pam Bondi.
Apparently the axing occurred last night, right before he delivered his address to the nation on Iran.
Now the speculation has shifted to Pam’s potential replacement.
Deputy AG Todd Blanche is the interim AG, but plenty of outlets are reporting that EPA administrator Lee Zeldin could be up for the top spot.
The NY Post writes:
“EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin has been rumored for months to be considered a permanent replacement.
A rep for the former congressman from New York did not comment on whether Trump had spoken to Zeldin about a possible new job.
Trump has expressed concern about Bondi’s faltering prosecutions of his foes such as New York Attorney General Letitia James and former FBI Director James Comey for alleged illegal conduct ranging from mortgage fraud to lying to Congress.
One day before telling Bondi she was fired, Trump questioned the lack of prosecutions of members of the since-disbanded Democrat-led House select committee that investigated the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot, whom former President Joe Biden pardoned before leaving office.
In December, the president declared any pardon signed by autopen “of no Legal effect”—setting up potential test-cases involving people such as former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.), whom he accused in February on social media of “the crime of deleting and destroying ALL evidence having to do with the January 6th investigation.”
The President put out a Truth Social on the decision.
