Trump’s latest White House casualty was always on borrowed time

April 4, 2026 — 1:00pm

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Attorney General Pam Bondi had a pretty good idea her days were numbered.

President Donald Trump had complained too freely, too frequently, to too many people about her inability to prosecute the people he hates. She was falling short of Trump’s unyielding, unrealistic demands for retribution.

She had made mistake upon mistake in her handling of the Epstein files. Her critics were in the president’s ear. Last month, Bondi told a friend that Trump’s willingness to fire Kristi Noem from her post as homeland security secretary meant she also might be in jeopardy.

But Bondi had not expected Trump, the man responsible for elevating her to one of the most powerful positions in the country, to drop the curtain quite so soon, according to four people familiar with the situation.

On Wednesday, the 60-year-old Bondi, downcast but determined, joined Trump for a glum crosstown drive to the Supreme Court, where they watched arguments in the birthright citizenship case. In the car, Trump told her it was time for a change at the top of the Justice Department.

Bondi hoped to save her job or, at the very least, buy a little more time — until the summer — to give........

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