President Donald Trump said on April 2 that Pam Bondi will no longer be the U.S. attorney general.

Trump confirmed the personnel decision in a Truth Social post.

He called Bondi “a Great American Patriot and a loyal friend.”

The president said Bondi’s deputy, Todd Blanche, will temporarily serve as acting attorney general.

“We love Pam, and she will be transitioning to a much needed and important new job in the private sector, to be announced at a date in the near future,” Trump said.

“Pam did a tremendous job overseeing a massive crackdown in Crime across our Country, with Murders plummeting to their lowest level since 1900,” the president said.

Blanche also praised Bondi, saying that she led the Department of Justice “with strength and conviction.”

“I’m grateful for her leadership and friendship,” he said.

Blanche thanked Trump “for the trust and the opportunity to serve as Acting Attorney General.”

“We will continue backing the blue, enforcing the law, and doing everything in our power to keep America safe,” he said in a post on X.

Bondi was confirmed 54–46 by the U.S. Senate in February 2025.

As head of the Justice Department, Bondi faced withering criticism from Republicans and Democrats over the release of the Jeffrey Epstein files. The release of millions of documents from the department’s sex trafficking investigations into the late financier was ordered by Congress, but critics accused her of slow-walking or mismanaging the rollout of the material.

The issue caused political problems for Trump and focused attention on his previous connections with Epstein. The president said he ended contact with the financier decades ago.

Bondi defended the release of the Epstein files, saying that the Trump administration had been more transparent than previous administrations, and that the department was only given a short time to review a huge number of documents.

Bondi, who was previously a Florida attorney general, said she worked to get the department to renew its focus on violent crime and the restoration of trust in the department among Trump’s supporters after federal prosecutors twice laid criminal charges against Trump after this first presidency ended.

Bondi confirmed her departure from the Justice Department in a post on X, saying that she would spend the next month working on the transition of “the amazing Todd Blanche” to the position of acting attorney general.

After that, she said, she would move to “an important private sector role“ she is ”thrilled about.”

“[In this role] I will continue fighting for President Trump and this Administration,” she said.

“Leading President Trump’s historic and highly successful efforts to make America safer and more secure has been the honor of a lifetime, and easily the most consequential first year of the Department of Justice in American history,” she said.

Bondi said that since February 2025, the Trump administration has “secured the lowest murder rate in 125 years, secured first-ever terrorism convictions against members of Antifa, shattered domestic and transnational gangs across the country, taken custody of more than 90 key cartel figures, and won 24 favorable rulings at the Supreme Court.”

“I remain eternally grateful for the trust that President Trump placed in me to Make America Safe Again,” she wrote.

Reuters contributed to this report.