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Pam Bondi Fired as AG Despite Never Saying No to Trump: Law Prof. David Cole

Apr 3, 2026Far Left

President Trump has fired Attorney General Pam Bondi amid reports of his growing frustration with her failure to prosecute his political enemies and her handling of the Epstein files. Bondi, Florida’s former attorney general, was a Trump loyalist who openly heaped praise on the president and did away with the long-standing Department of Justice practice of…

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