President Donald Trump ousted Pamela Bondi as attorney general Thursday, closing out a tumultuous tenure punctuated by rolling controversies and attacks against the Justice Department’s traditional independence from the White House.
Trump, who made the announcement in a social media post, said his former personal attorney, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, would lead the department as acting attorney general. The president described Bondi as a “loyal friend.”
Bondi, in a statement on social media, said that over the next month she would be working to transition the office of attorney general to Blanche “before moving to an important private sector role.”
