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The Don Lemon Show

LEMON DROP | BREAKING NEWS: Trump FIRED Pam Bondi!

02 Apr 2026

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Chapter 1: What is the breaking news about Pam Bondi's termination?

0.031 - 17.753 Ahmed Baba

We start with the big breaking news, which is, according to Semaphore and MSNOW, Pam Bondi is on her way out. The reporting, Ahmed Baba is here with me. The reporting is that she has been informed that her days as attorney general are up soon.

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18.121 - 34.517 Don Lemon

Yes, we are seeing reporting from Semaphore, corroborated by MSNOW and a bunch of other news organizations that Trump has told her explicitly that her days are numbered. And he wanted to give her a heads up before the big announcement, I guess, so she's not notified by tweet in the middle of a speech like Kristi Noem was.

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34.617 - 56.194 Don Lemon

But basically what we're getting is that Pam Bondi's days are numbered and that it's due to MSNOW specifically said, the other people, the White House is going to say their official narrative. But... What we see is that MS Now is saying it's because she didn't aggressively enough pursue his political opponents. So that's the latest news.

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57.794 - 65.844 Ahmed Baba

Well, I'm here to tell you that she was. Our political opponents are people he deemed to be his political targets, targets or rivals.

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Chapter 2: Why was Pam Bondi reportedly fired by Trump?

66.505 - 88.459 Ahmed Baba

Interesting, because what I read, which was a New York Times report last night that was saying he was considering it, is that he wanted to possibly replace her with Lee Zeldin. who is, I forget his exact title now, but he is a former congressman from New York, Long Island, and actually was a congressman in my very own district.

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89.08 - 104.165 Don Lemon

Yeah, he's head of EPA right now. And I guess they may... It seems... I mean, he's still a sycophant. He'll do the bidding. But it seems maybe they want a more low-key, maybe more competent person to actually pursue the goals. Because Pam Bondi was kind of stumbling over her own feet, over everything, right?

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104.185 - 125.759 Don Lemon

Like, we had the Lindsay Halligan hiring, how that was handled, which led to Letitia James and James Coney's first attempt at the prosecution being thrown out. And then... The grand jury rejected Letitia James twice, right? So there's all these fumbles that they made. So I think maybe he wants more competence this time as opposed to the show of it. But either way, man, I'm happy to see her go.

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125.779 - 127.002 Don Lemon

I'm happy to see her go.

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128.028 - 156.533 Ahmed Baba

Yeah, look, when I told someone before, they said, well, chances are he's going to get rid of Pam Bondi, who's incompetent, replace her with someone who is a bit more competent and is worse. Now, I don't know if Lee Zeldin will be worse or not. He was a very, very conservative congressman when I knew him and very much a loyal MAGA person.

157.103 - 170.898 Don Lemon

Yeah. So, I mean, I think you're right. I think he's going to be looking for more competence. And I will just say, Don, you and I kind of called the order of people in our Kristi Noem live stream we did after she got fired. We were talking Pam Bondi might be next. Tulsi Gabbard will potentially be eyed.

170.919 - 187.121 Don Lemon

And we're also seeing in The Guardian that Tulsi Gabbard, Trump is like basically taking a straw poll, kind of going around the cabinet, like asking, like, should I fire Tulsi? Should I not fire Tulsi? So I think like we're getting we got Kristi Noem first. Looks like Pam Bondi is going to go down the list and then maybe Tulsi.

187.162 - 199.058 Don Lemon

And from what we're saying and what we were saying previously and what we're seeing now, it kind of tracks that he's going to be throwing people under the bus ahead of the midterms. He's cleaning house and throwing people under the bus.

199.358 - 230.647 Ahmed Baba

There was someone who I thought made a very astute assessment, and let me see if I can find it here for you. Here it is. This is Amy Siskund on Twitter saying, trust me, I am no Gnome, Bondi, or hang on. Here it is. Trust me, I am no fan of Noam, Gabbard, or Bondi, but I do find it notable that of the cabinet members Trump has fired or is reportedly considering firing, all three are women.

Chapter 3: Who is Todd Blanche and what role will he play as acting AG?

293.352 - 308.854 Don Lemon

But yeah, man. So like the, the, the moment with Caroline leave it the other day was, I think it was yesterday where basically they were asking him like, Oh, what's going on? He was like, Oh, bad publicity. I get 93% bad publicity. And maybe, I don't know. Maybe, maybe, maybe Caroline's doing a bad job.

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310.497 - 320.511 Don Lemon

Just another power move. He keeps doing this. He did it to Hexeth too in the cabinet. Like we talked about last week. It's just, it's insane. He just literally put people on notice.

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321.247 - 350.017 Ahmed Baba

I think there's more to come. I think Kash Patel is going to go. I think, as I said, you and I both said Pam Bondi was next. Remember that? Let's just start there. On this very... Platform. We said that Pam Bondi was probably next, but she may have more job security because she knows what's in the Epstein files. Right. And then we also said Tulsi Gabbard. But I think we said Tulsi Gabbard.

350.037 - 358.628 Ahmed Baba

I don't remember that for sure. Don't quote me on that because she's just sort of a political hack. Right. An opportunist. But while we were right, you were right.

358.608 - 368.322 Don Lemon

We were right, man. We were right. We were saying that Pam Bondi could be thrown under the bus for the Epstein file handling. And now he's going to say, oh, well, Pam didn't handle that whole thing well, rather than him taking ownership.

Chapter 4: What implications does Pam Bondi's firing have for Trump's administration?

368.362 - 388.591 Don Lemon

And the thing is, on the job security point, one thing he's doing differently than he did in his first term, he's knowing not to kick them out of the admin because he doesn't want to create enemies. So he's keeping them in the admin. So he's basically firing them from their role, but then moving them within the administration. Like we see that made up role for Kristi Noem.

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389.092 - 404.315 Don Lemon

So I'm assuming that Pam Bondi is not going to be totally fired. I think she's going to be removed from this position and probably move somewhere else because he doesn't want people outside the administration because he doesn't want enemies. He doesn't want them talking. That's the kind of energy. That's the, that's why I think he's keeping them around.

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405.296 - 435.143 Ahmed Baba

Yeah, I am. Uh, I don't know how this is going to end because the more he leans into this authoritarianism, this authoritarian nature that he has, the worse it gets for him. And every time he replaces someone, truly... they're always replaced with a, someone who does a worse job. And so he, and he replaced, um, uh, Christie gnome with what's his name? Mullen was in Mark, Mark Wayne, Mark Wayne.

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435.363 - 435.583 Don Lemon

Yeah.

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435.603 - 439.667 Ahmed Baba

Mark, Mark Wayne, Mullen. Um, it's not Mark Wayne. It's one word. Mark Wayne.

439.787 - 441.008 Don Lemon

It's McQueen. Okay.

441.029 - 445.313 Ahmed Baba

Yeah. Mark Wayne, Mullen. And, um, you know, he's trying to sound black.

445.333 - 447.034 Don Lemon

He got, he got it. He got to just keep making Mark.

447.054 - 467.86 Ahmed Baba

No, I'm just, I'm kind of making a joke. It's, He doesn't, there's no space between Mark and Wayne. So that would be Mark Wayne. So, um, he, he replaces him with men who are, you know, aggressive. Uh, what's his name? Mark Wayne Mullen is wanted to start a fight with someone right in the Senate. Um,

Chapter 5: How does the replacement of Pam Bondi reflect on Trump's leadership style?

510.946 - 527.513 Don Lemon

And then he moves these people into these other positions. And I think we're going to see this keep coming. I think you're right. I think heading into the midterms, he's going to keep trying to clean up shop. He's going to keep trying to then misplace blame because, you know, things aren't going well. As we saw his remarks last night, he is down.

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527.493 - 556.842 Ahmed Baba

desperate Don he is like have you seen him this desperate before it's like last time I saw him this desperate was like right before the mother report came out he's he's acting he's acting froggy well I didn't yeah but yes I but to me it's well it's desperation but it's also what do you call it when someone is crashing out it's it's almost like he's he's manic that's the word it's like he's manic

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556.822 - 576.799 Ahmed Baba

Where he's like, okay, I got to do something about this. That was the point I was trying to make earlier. Every time he tries to replace something or cover it up or distract from it, the distraction, the replacement, the cover-up becomes worse than what he was trying to distract from. So same thing, I think, with the people he's trading in for somebody else.

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576.819 - 597.347 Ahmed Baba

And same thing with the war last night, that speech last night, which he said nothing at all that he hasn't been saying in two weeks. Actually, as a matter of fact, I think he made it worse. And if he thinks that this is helping him or anyone in this administration, they're out of their minds. Do you think that because, you know, everyone thought like Susie Wiles and, you know, blah, blah, blah.

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597.908 - 603.619 Ahmed Baba

Do you think that this administration is just completely clueless all the way around, as we say?

604.257 - 623.875 Don Lemon

Yeah, I think so. I mean, I think some of them know like the dire straits that they're in, but because the administration's built around protecting this guy's ego, none of them can even begin to think about telling him the truth. So no truth is getting to him. As we talked about last week, he's getting these two-minute montage videos.

624.255 - 644.946 Don Lemon

Susie Wiles is executing his agenda while trying to placate his ego. I think that there's knowledge of how bad this is going, but they also desperately want to keep their jobs. They don't want to upset him. So none of that truth is bubbling up. And like we saw in that speech last night, no one had the balls to tell him, hey, man, this speech is a nothing burger.

Chapter 6: What are the potential candidates to replace Pam Bondi?

644.926 - 666.014 Don Lemon

You're not delivering anything new here. You're kind of just like restating the same thing over and over again and contradicting yourself within the speech. In the speech, he said, we obliterated that Iranian nuclear site and then went on to talk about the threat again. And it's like, you can't keep a story straight in the middle of a 20-minute speech. And no one is telling him otherwise.

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666.375 - 687.087 Ahmed Baba

Amy Capetta says, breaking news, Bondi has been removed. There we go. That's true because we're sitting here discussing, and I don't know, but we're going to check the reports because this is breaking during. Oh, yep. Yep, there it is. Bondi removed. Todd Blanche is now the acting AG.

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687.267 - 698.503 Don Lemon

Yep. I swear he, he, he knows when we're doing our lives and that's when he decides to fire people. This will happen with the Christie gnome too. Literally same timing. Ain't that some shit. Ain't that some shit.

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698.524 - 712.244 Unknown

Can I take any glee in this? No, I mean, I mean, Hey, I'm going to, maybe I should do a little video.

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712.564 - 717.171 Don Lemon

Maybe like you said, karma is a,

717.826 - 721.41 Ahmed Baba

bitch. And I always say every dog has his day and sometimes too.

722.691 - 725.414 Unknown

Man. Man, man, man.

726.676 - 747.158 Ahmed Baba

Alright, I'm going to do a video right here. Do it on the live. Yeah, let's see how it's put. Do it on the live. Breaking news into the Don Lemon Show newsroom. It is official. Pam Bondi has been removed as the Attorney General of the United States, according to the reports. Also saying that Todd Blanche is now the acting AG. We're getting more details in, but

748.387 - 765.585 Unknown

told y'all karma is a you know what and every dog has its day and sometimes too so hey pam bondy should i report that why not why not i mean like

Chapter 7: How is the media reacting to Pam Bondi's removal?

774.912 - 798.09 Ahmed Baba

Bondi removed. Todd Blanche acting AG. Holy shamoly. How are you feeling? Look, I think he's going to, again, I believe as people say, he's going to, I think that I think. I think that Lee Zeldin is more competent than her. So I think he's probably going to want to prove himself and he's really going to go after them. But I think it's too late.

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798.13 - 814.914 Ahmed Baba

I think that this Department of Justice is off the rails and has been for a while. And anyone who just continues to chase... someone's political enemies and rivals, it's a fool's errand because there are things that really need attention brought to them.

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815.895 - 837.123 Ahmed Baba

Child sex trafficking, you know, issues that relate to real racism in this country and not the Department of Justice saying, white men, if you are discriminated against, get in touch with us. It's like, wait, what are you doing? Like, there are big issues in this country that need to be tackled. And protesters or journalists, like, Come on.

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837.726 - 860.508 Ahmed Baba

Like, can we have some proportionality here about things? If they, if, if, If Pam Bondi's DOJ had not done what they did to me and to the protesters, then it would not be as big of an issue. Perhaps she might still be there. But I think people are looking at this going, wait, where are we? Even conservatives. Why is this happening?

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860.528 - 882.702 Ahmed Baba

Do we really want to go down this road where we start arresting reporters for reporting? Because then what happens if a Democrat is in office? They're going to go after us conservatives. So I think that most rational people realize that. So if Lee Zeldin can tell Donald Trump, like, Donald, Mr. President, we have more important things than some of the things that you're going after.

882.722 - 905.069 Ahmed Baba

I know that you, you know, it makes you feel good, but. it's not a good look for us and it's not a good look for you. I don't know if he has the testicular fortitude to be able to stand up to Donald Trump like that, but if you, that's, that's what you have to do in order to be effective under Donald Trump. And I believe he respects that to a degree, but, Who am I?

905.43 - 931.72 Don Lemon

Yeah, or at least have the competence and compass to know when you're overreaching. When Pam Bondi came after you, and specifically targeted these Black independent journalists along with the protesters, it was very clear that she did not know what she was doing. The charges, I read the indictment. It's frivolous. It's meritless. Nothing in it holds any meaning. Some of the stuff is false.

931.7 - 953.551 Don Lemon

compared to your actual live stream. So again, she overreached. She tripped over her own toes trying to protect and uphold Donald Trump's vindictiveness. And what we ended up seeing was that wasn't enough. Loyalty performances are not enough. Going after Trump's enemies, you will still... have to fall on the sword for Donald. It's a one-way street of loyalty.

953.892 - 968.292 Don Lemon

And these people who came after you, try to come after James Comey, try to come after Letitia James, no matter what Pam Bondi did. She even tried to cover up the Epstein files on behalf of him. No matter what she tried to do, it wasn't enough to protect her job. Here's the thing.

Chapter 8: What does the future hold for Trump's administration after this change?

1348.99 - 1362.96 Ahmed Baba

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