Trump fires Pam Bondi, a loyalist and ally, as attorney general

Bondi earned president’s ire over handling release of Epstein files and failing to prosecute his political enemies

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Donald Trump has fired Pam Bondi, the attorney general, according to multiple reports, dismissing a loyalist who reshaped the justice department, but still failed to please a president fixated on prosecuting political enemies and frustrated with the politically explosive release of the Jeffrey Epstein files.

Bondi presided over a major purging of career justice department staff, shifted focus away from criminal prosecutions toward immigration cases and spearheaded the defense of Trump’s towering stack of executive orders as they faced legal challenges.