Trump has been increasingly frustrated with Bond in recent days, sources told NBC News.WASHINGTON — Attorney General Pam Bondi has been fired, a senior administration official and a source familiar with the matter told NBC News.President Donald Trump had grown “more and more frustrated” with Bondi in recent days, a person familiar with White House deliberations said, adding that while he likes her as a person, he doesn’t think she has “executed on his vision” in the way that he wants.
It’s not immediately clear whether Trump will move forward with forcing Bondi out from her role, the sources said, though the discussions have advanced as far as considering whether she could be replaced with EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin or Bondi’s deputy attorney general Todd Blanche.
Bondi’s removal would likely create alarm among critics who have accused the Trump administration of weaponizing the Justice Department, and will raise questions as to whether the president plans to install a replacement who will be even more aggressive in pursuing his political foes.
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In response to reports that he was considering firing Bondi, Trump said Wednesday in a statement provided by the White House, “Attorney General Pam Bondi is a wonderful person and she is doing a good job.”
Bondi has already aggressively sought to reshape the Justice Department as an enforcer of Trump’s agenda — repeatedly breaking with institutional norms implemented after the Watergate era that had encouraged independence from the political demands of the White House.
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