Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said he had no idea why Pam Bondi was fired.
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche held his first news conference after President Donald Trump fired Pam Bondi last week and said he had no idea why Bondi was fired. But he said he would like to become permanent attorney general if the president so decides; He said it would be an honor.
Pam Bondi was supposed to remain in her position during the transition, but Todd Blanche’s press conference hinted that Bondi may already be on her way out — unceremoniously. “No one has any idea why they let the Attorney General be the Attorney General and me be the Acting Attorney General, except President Trump,” Blanche said.“It’s not every day that I try to guess what President Trump or anyone else is thinking.
“I’m just working every day to do whatever I need to do to implement the president’s agenda and priorities,” Blanche said at the press conference held to outline anti-fraud plans. “I’m tired of people in the media saying why President Trump did or didn’t do something, because only President Trump knows that.”
““If President Trump chooses to keep me on as representative, that’s an honor. If he chooses to nominate me, that’s an honor.”
“If he chooses to nominate someone else and I return to the DAG position, that is an honor for me,” Blanche said. “If he chooses to nominate someone else and asks me to do something else, I will say: thank you very much.” I love you sir.It is believed that Bondi was fired because Trump was unhappy with the way the Justice Department handled the Epstein files. Trump wanted the department to go after his enemies more aggressively. Blanche, in an interview with Fox earlier, said he never heard from the president today that Bondy was fired over the Epstein files. “The Epstein files have been a saga that has been going on for the past year,” Blanche said. “And what happened when the president signed the transparency law is that the Justice Department has now released all the files related to the Epstein saga.”