Donald Trump has reportedly 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, The New York Times reported citing four people familiar with the discussions.
When reached by The Daily Mail, President Trump complimented his attorney general but did not deny the report.
‘Attorney General Pam Bondi is a wonderful person and she is doing a good job.’
The Daily Mail has reached out to Attorney General Bondi for comment.
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.
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.
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.
This is a developing story.
