Trump Turns to Ally Todd Blanche to Steer DOJ Through Fresh Tumult

President Donald Trump’s decision to remove Pam Bondi as attorney general delivers a new disruption to an already embattled US Justice Department as it works to advance the administration’s policy goals and sometimes controversial prosecutions.

Trump announced Thursday that he’d ousted Bondi as the nation’s chief law enforcement officer following several high-profile stumbles in her efforts to carry out his agenda. He had expressed frustration with her lack of progress in prosecutions that he had demanded against his adversaries, while her handling of files related to cases involving the late, disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein generated a rare bipartisan uproar.