Former Attorney General Pam Bondi, fired by President Donald Trump, oversaw the largest stain on the administration: the Epstein files. Bondi’s incompetence on the matter was indistinguishable from sabotage — destroying the Justice Department’s reputation and killing the president’s credibility in the process.
Bondi’s firing provides Trump with an opportunity to restore the credibility lost during the first year-plus of his second presidency, but if he replaces her with a fringe influencer-type, such as former Rep. Matt Gaetz, what little credibility is left will be gone for good. Luckily, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin is the reported front-runner to take the job.
When former Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem got canned last month, I predicted Bondi might be next on the chopping block. Unlike Noem and other ousted officials from the second Trump presidency, however, Bondi didn’t even get another position within the administration — and for good reason.
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