TOPSHOT - (COMBO) This combination of pictures created on April 02, 2026 shows (L/R) US Attorney General Pam Bondi in Washington, DC, October 7, 2025 and US President Donald Trump in Washington, DC, on March 31, 2026. US President Donald Trump on April 2, 2026, fired his attorney general Pam Bondi and designated his former personal lawyer Todd Blanche as her replacement at the head of the Justice Department. Bondi "will be transitioning to a much needed and important new job in the private sector," Trump announced on his Truth Social platform. "Our Deputy Attorney General, and a very talented and respected Legal Mind, Todd Blanche, will step in to serve as Acting Attorney General." (Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP via Getty Images)

(FILES) US Attorney General Pam Bondi (R) speaks with the Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche following a ceremony with President Donald Trump and the Florida Panthers of the National Hockey League, winners of the 2025 Stanley Cup, in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC on January 15, 2026. US media reported on April 2, 2026, that US President Donald Trump has fired Attorney General Pam Bondi. CNN and other US outlets said Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, Trump's former personal lawyer, would serve as acting attorney general. (Photo by MANDEL NGAN / AFP via Getty Images)

(FILES) US President Donald Trump (L) and Attorney General Pam Bondi (R) look on as Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche (C) speaks during a news conference in the Brady Briefing Room of the White House on June 27, 2025, in Washington, DC. US media reported on April 2, 2026, that US President Donald Trump has fired Attorney General Pam Bondi. CNN and other US outlets said Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, Trump's former personal lawyer, would serve as acting attorney general. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP via Getty Images)

(FILES) US Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche speaks during a press conference at the US Department of Justice on January 30, 2026 in Washington, DC. US media reported on April 2, 2026, that US President Donald Trump has fired Attorney General Pam Bondi. CNN and other US outlets said Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, Trump's former personal lawyer, would serve as acting attorney general. (Photo by Alex Wroblewski / AFP via Getty Images)

(FILES) US President Donald Trump looks on as Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche (R) speaks during a news conference in the Brady Briefing Room of the White House on June 27, 2025, in Washington, DC. US media reported on April 2, 2026, that US President Donald Trump has fired Attorney General Pam Bondi. CNN and other US outlets said Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, Trump's former personal lawyer, would serve as acting attorney general. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP via Getty Images)

(FILES) US Attorney General Pam Bondi (R) speaks with the Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche following a ceremony with President Donald Trump and the Florida Panthers of the National Hockey League, winners of the 2025 Stanley Cup, in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC on January 15, 2026. US media reported on April 2, 2026, that US President Donald Trump has fired Attorney General Pam Bondi. CNN and other US outlets said Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, Trump's former personal lawyer, would serve as acting attorney general. (Photo by MANDEL NGAN / AFP via Getty Images)

(FILES) US Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche looks on as US Vice President JD Vance hosts a swearing in ceremony for Colin McDonald to be Assistant Attorney General for the National Fraud Enforcement Division in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, next to the White House in Washington, DC on April 1, 2026. US media reported on April 2, 2026, that US President Donald Trump has fired Attorney General Pam Bondi. CNN and other US outlets said Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, Trump's former personal lawyer, would serve as acting attorney general. (Photo by Mandel NGAN / AFP via Getty Images)

(FILES) US President Donald Trump, alongside Attorney General Pam Bondi (R), speaks during a news conference to discuss crime in Washington, DC, in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, DC, on August 11, 2025. US media reported on April 2, 2026, that US President Donald Trump has fired Attorney General Pam Bondi. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP via Getty Images)