President Trump has fired Attorney General Pam Bondi, a loyalist and tenacious Trump defender.
The former prosecutor has a long-standing relationship with President Trump, having represented him in the criminal hush-money case.
Bondi's time as America's top law enforcement officer was overshadowed by the justice department's handling of the Jeffrey Epstein investigation.
After avoiding much of the churn, firings and senior official turnover that marked his first term, US President Donald Trump on Thursday added to the string of high-profile departures in recent days, as bad news heaped more pressure on the White House. The administration announced that US Attorney General Pam Bondi was leaving to be replaced by her deputy, Todd Blanche. “We love Pam,” Trump wrote on social media. “She will be transitioning to a much-needed and important new job in the private...