President Donald Trump reportedly told his outgoing attorney general Pam Bondi that he would be replacing her en route to the U.S. Supreme Court Wednesday morning, saying simply, “I think it’s time.”
The pair were riding in “The Beast,” the presidential limousine, to watch the nation’s highest court hear arguments on the question of birthright citizenship, when Trump made his feelings clear, The Wall Street Journal reports.
The president duly announced Bondi’s departure on Truth Social Thursday, saying she would be relocating to a job in the private sector.
In the process, Bondi became the second Cabinet official to be ousted during Trump’s second term, following the removal of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem last month.
She will be replaced by her deputy, Todd Blanche, in an acting capacity.
Bondi’s time leading the Department of Justice was marred by controversy, with the president allegedly unhappy about her failure to prosecute his political enemies and over the botched handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files.
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