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Trump’s Brutal Four-Word Firing Message to Pam Bondi Exposed
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Donald Trump informed Pam Bondi that her days as attorney general were over during their car ride to the Supreme Court on Wednesday. “I think it’s time,” Trump told Bondi, The Wall Street Journal reported. The president had decided to fire her earlier this week. Bondi, 60, had been in the role for 14 months—the shortest tenure of a confirmed attorney general since 1975. She later asked if she could stay on until the summer, but Trump said no. The two had discussed her leaving since January, more or less, a person familiar with the matter told the Journal. Trump, it has been reported, was displeased with Bondi’s handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files and the lack of progress on prosecutions of his perceived political enemies, like former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James. Bondi, according to the report, said to others that some of Trump’s demands weren’t possible and were “outside of things she could do.” Whether Bondi was talking about actions she could not legally do is unclear. The Department of Justice, where Bondi will stay through the month, did not immediately respond to a request for comment from the Daily Beast, nor did the White House. Bondi has yet to describe the specifics of what’s next for her. In a social media post, she said she was “thrilled” about her to-be-revealed private sector work. “Over the next month I will be working tirelessly to transition the office of Attorney General to the amazing Todd Blanche before moving to an important private sector role I am thrilled about, and where I will continue fighting for President Trump and this Administration,” she wrote on X. During that time, Bondi is expected to return to Washington to testify about the Epstein files before the House Oversight Committee, which subpoenaed her. Bondi “will not escape accountability and remains legally obligated to appear before our Committee under oath,” ranking member Robert Garcia said Thursday. “She must answer for her mishandling of the Epstein files and the special treatment she has given Ghislaine Maxwell.”