Pam Bondi will no longer be the U.S. Attorney General.
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Why is Pam Bondi no longer the U.S. Attorney General?
Bye-bye, Bondi. I'm Tom Rigotti, Fox News. Attorney General Pam Bondi is now the outgoing AG. As President Trump confirms, the job will go to someone else. Fox's Peter Ducey reports from the White House.
Pam Bondi is actually still on the job as Attorney General. She's down in Florida, I believe, shooting a promo in support of one of the DOJ initiatives. But as some of these reports were crossing, I called the president and said, what is going on with Pam Bondi? And he explained that... He is a fan of hers and that he thinks that she is a good person. He still wants her in the fold. He says now in a job close to the administration in the private sector, but he feels like it is time for a change at the top of the Justice Department.
Lawmakers are on vacation, but some are finding the time to react on social media to the firing of Bondi. Fox's Bill Malugin has reaction from Capitol Hill.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer posting, quote, good riddance. Pam Bondi was the wrong choice from the start, but the rod at the Department of Justice begins and ends with Donald Trump. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries posting, quote, Pam Bondi's tenure as the most corrupt attorney general in modern American history has been a disgraceful affront to our Constitution. This long overdue firing is not enough to restore the credibility of the Justice Department or fix this rotten, out-of-control administration. And it appears House Democrats still plan to go after Pam Bondi about the Epstein files despite her firing. Congressman Robert Garcia, the highest-ranking member on the House Oversight Committee, posted, quote, Pam Bondi and Donald Trump may think her firing gets her out of testifying to the Oversight Committee.
They are wrong, and we look forward to hearing from her under oath.
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