00:00U.S. President Donald Trump has fired Attorney General Pam Bondi, a longtime ally and staunch defender of his administration.
00:08She is the second senior official to be removed in recent weeks, after Kristi Noem was ousted as Homeland Security
00:15Chief in March.
00:17In a post on Truth Social, Trump said Bondi would be transitioning to a role in the private sector.
00:23She will be replaced by her former deputy, Todd Blanche, who also previously served as Trump's criminal defense lawyer.
00:30Bondi's dismissal follows reports that Trump had grown increasingly unhappy with her handling of Justice Department files linked to Jeffrey
00:39Epstein.
00:40When she took office in February 2025, Bondi pledged transparency and promised to release a so-called client list tied
00:48to Epstein, who died in 2019.
00:50But the department later said no such list existed.
00:54Millions of documents were eventually released only after mounting pressure from lawmakers and Trump supporters and a new law requiring
01:02unclassified records to be made public.
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