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The president Donald Trump announced on Thursday the dismissal of Pam Bondi as the Attorney General of the United States and appointed Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche as her interim successor, in a new shake-up of his cabinet.
Trump communicated the decision through a message on his social media platform Truth Social, in which he praised Bondi but made clear his intention to implement significant changes in the Department of Justice.
"Pam Bondi is a great American patriot and a loyal friend, who faithfully served as my attorney general during the last year," wrote the president, who also pointed out that under his administration, homicides fell to their lowest level since 1900.
The president announced that Bondi "will take on a new position —very necessary and important— in the private sector, which will be announced at a forthcoming date."
Everything points -according to EFE- to the dismissal occurring due to two fronts of accumulated pressure. On one side, the handling of the files of the pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, which since mid-2025 generated tensions even within Trumpism itself, despite the fact that the Department of Justice published hundreds of thousands of related documents.
On the other hand, the Prosecutor's Office has faced a series of judicial setbacks while attempting to prosecute figures indicated by Trump, including the Attorney General of New York, Letitia James, six Democratic legislators who urged the military to disobey illegal orders, and the Chair of the Federal Reserve, Jerome Powell.
Just on March 26, Trump had publicly questioned Bondi during a cabinet meeting regarding the delay in charges against the Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro.
Bondi, at 60 years old, was the first woman to serve as attorney general of Florida, a position she held from 2011 to 2019. Trump nominated her on November 20, 2024, as federal attorney general, after withdrawing Matt Gaetz's nomination due to allegations of sex trafficking. She took office in January 2025 with the start of the second presidential term.
His interim successor, Todd Blanche, 51 years old, has a background closely linked to the president. He defended Trump in three criminal cases between 2023 and 2024, including the case of hush money payments to actress Stormy Daniels, and also represented former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani.
As Deputy Attorney General, Blanche was responsible for interrogating Ghislaine Maxwell in prison regarding the Epstein files, and oversaw more than 115,000 employees of the Department of Justice, including the FBI, DEA, ATF, and 93 federal prosecutors.
The departure of Bondi adds to a pattern of changes in Trump's cabinet during his second term. The most notable precedent was the dismissal of National Security Advisor Michael Waltz in July 2025, following a scandal involving voice impersonation with artificial intelligence that implicated Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
"Our deputy attorney general —a highly talented and respected legal mind—, Todd Blanche, will assume the role of acting attorney general," Trump concluded in his message, adding: "The transition will be smooth. Thank you, Pam!"
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