Pam Bondi is set to be replaced by Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, who has served as Trump’s lead defense attorney in previous legal cases.

President Donald Trump said Thursday Pam Bondi is out as his attorney general. Trump in a social media post named Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche as the acting attorney general, though three people familiar with the matter have said he has privately discussed Lee Zeldin,

President ⁠Donald Trump ​on ‌Thursday ‌confirmed ⁠U.S. Attorney ⁠General Pam Bondi ​was ​removed from ⁠her ⁠post ⁠and said she ​was ​being ⁠replaced ⁠by deputy Attorney General ⁠Todd Blanche in an acting ⁠capacity.

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Blanche, whom Trump elevated Thursday from deputy attorney general to acting U.S. attorney general, rose to prominence representing the president in criminal cases that consumed the four years between his first and second terms.

President Trump has fired Pam Bondi as U.S. attorney general. It's the second time in less than a month that Mr. Trump has ousted a member of his Cabinet. Todd Blanche will serve as acting attorney general until Mr.

"We love Pam"; "Great American Patriot"; "loyal friend." Why did President Donald Trump fire the attorney general he also lavished with praise?

Pam Bondi did almost everything Donald Trump asked. It wasn’t enough. Bondi’s ouster as attorney general Thursday continued a string of unceremonious departures for the occupants of Trump’s most perilous Cabinet post.