Trump Reportedly Contemplating Dismissal of Pam Bondi Due to AG’s Management of Epstein Documents

Reports indicate that Donald Trump has expressed intentions of dismissing Attorney General Pam Bondi due to her alleged mismanagement of the ‘Epstein files.’

The president is still deliberating but is contemplating appointing EPA Administrator and former Congressman Lee Zeldin in her place, as reported by The New York Times, citing insight from four individuals familiar with the matter.

When contacted by The Daily Mail, President Trump praised Bondi, although he did not refute the circulating report.

“Attorney General Pam Bondi is a wonderful person and she is doing a good job,” he remarked.

The Daily Mail has also reached out to Attorney General Bondi for her comments on the situation.

People connected to Bondi told the paper that her accompanying the president on his visit to the Supreme Court Wednesday proved Bondi still had Trump’s support. 

Trump brought Bondi and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick to hear his administration’s defense of his executive order to overturn the constitutional and statutory protection of birthright citizenship. 

Those close to the president said, however, that Bondi has made Epstein ‘a political liability’ for Trump, even among his fervent MAGA base. 

Donald Trump has talked about firing Attorney General Pam Bondi over her mishandling of the ‘Epstein files’

The president has yet to make a final decision but is considering replacing Bondi with EPA Administrator and former Congressman Lee Zeldin

He has also allegedly been critical of her communication skills and reticence to attack the president’s enemies. 

The attorney general would be the second major figure to depart the second Trump administration after Kristi Noem was replaced by Markwayne Mullin as DHS Secretary in early March.  

Bondi faces a Congressional subpoena over the Epstein scandal, after the committee passed a motion by Republican Nancy Mace in March, amid concerns the Justice Department has failed to turn over all Epstein-related documents. 

Republican chairman James Comer wrote in the cover letter of the subpoena on Tuesday that the committee still had questions over the Justice Department’s handling of the investigation into Epstein and his associates.

‘As Attorney General, you are directly responsible for overseeing the department’s collection, review, and determinations regarding the release of files pursuant to the Epstein Files Transparency Act, and the committee therefore believes that you possess valuable insight into these efforts,’ Comer wrote. 

Hardline Republicans Tim Burchett, Lauren Boebert, Michael Cloud, and Scott Perry broke ranks to vote with Democrats to compel Bondi to appear. 

The Attorney General is the latest big name to be snared by the Committee, which in February grilled Bill and Hillary Clinton over their relationship with the pedophile and his co-conspirator, Ghislaine Maxwell.

Bondi has faced fury from across the political spectrum over her botched release of the Epstein files, including leaving victims’ names unredacted while keeping secret the names of alleged abusers. 

The attorney general would be the second major figure to depart the second Trump administration

Those close to the president said that Bondi has made Jeffrey Epstein ‘a political liability’ for Trump, even among his fervent MAGA base

She clashed with lawmakers at a tense House Judiciary Committee hearing in February, deflecting questions about the administration’s performance by pointing to the Dow soaring past 50,000 points.

Bondi promised to release the files shortly after taking up leadership of the DOJ, but the first tranche of documents she disclosed was already widely circulated.

Pressure on Trump to release the full files ratcheted up last year, eventually culminating in the Epstein Transparency Act, a bipartisan bill that forced the Justice Department to publish the remaining files. 

More than three million Epstein-related documents were finally released at the end of January, including new mentions of Trump, as well as Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick. 

Lutnick agreed to testify after a new photo emerged showing him with Epstein on the pedophile’s private island, Comer announced earlier this month.  

Trump, meanwhile, declared Lutnick a ‘very innocent guy.’

He was ultimately subpoenaed after Mace threatened to force a formal vote.