Pam Bondi’s tenure as Attorney General of the United States is history. President Trump announced that Pam Bondi would no longer be Attorney General and that she would be replaced by Todd Blanche, who will serve as acting Attorney General for the foreseeable future.
Bondi was already the backup choice. Trump initially pushed for Matt Gaetz, the former congressman from Florida, to serve as attorney general. Once he found out that 64 senators would not vote to confirm Gaetz, Trump had to find someone else. He settled on Pam Bondi, the attorney general for the state of Florida.
It was believed that since Bondi had done a solid job in the same role in Florida, she would also succeed on the big stage. On the last poll done on her approval rating, it was found that only 31% approved of her performance. What happened?
Bondi has been a major disappointment on multiple levels. It started with her fumbling of the Epstein files. Bondi began by making the mistake of talking tough on releasing the files, stating that the Epstein client list was “on her desk,” and she was just about ready to release them. Then, a couple of months later, the talk shifted mysteriously into denial. Bondi then stated there was no client list at all. This was puzzling.
This can easily be explained. It became popular to mention the rumored Epstein “client list.” Pam Bondi repeated that term, claiming she had the list on her desk. She did not know what she was talking about. In reviewing the files, there is a lot of information about a lot of well-known individuals, but there is technically no official “client list.” As far as public relations go, this was an unmitigated disaster on the part of the Justice Department and Pam Bondi.
Bondi’s ability to communicate with the public left much to be desired. She also lost trust with conservatives when she brought up the need to combat “hate speech” following the assassination of Charlie Kirk. Supposed “hate speech” is a left-wing talking point that we have been battling for years now. For our own Attorney General to mention that term, when we see how hate speech laws have been used in other countries to persecute Christians, this was when many were done with Pam Bondi.
Another major fumble for the attorney general was when she was pressed in a hearing on the Epstein files. She tried to deflect and turn the attention to the surging economy at the time under President Trump. She will always be remembered for her “Look at the DOW” moment.
All this has finally made the president make the necessary decision to relieve Pam Bondi of her duties as Attorney General. The report is that Trump had grown frustrated with the pace of achieving his objectives. Though that may also be true, it is undeniable that Bondi’s failure in public relations has been a stain on this administration.
Todd Blanche will now step in as acting attorney general. Blanche is jumping into a hot position. His feet will be held to the fire immediately. Republican congressman from Kentucky, Thomas Massie, congratulated Blanche in a tweet before immediately challenging him as soon as he begins in his role.
Massie tweeted, “Congratulations, AG Blanche. Now you have 30 days to release the rest of the files before becoming criminally liable for failure to comply with the Epstein Files Transparency Act.”
We are off to a spicy start.
