Trump Weighs Replacing AG Pam Bondi With EPA Chief Lee Zeldin Over Frustration With Prosecutions

CBS reports that President Trump is seriously considering removing Attorney General Pam Bondi and likely tapping EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin — a former congressman with little legal experience — as her replacement, amid dissatisfaction over how aggressively the Justice Department has pursued his priorities. According to multiple unnamed sources, Trump is frustrated the department has not produced more indictments and arrests of his perceived political opponents, even though DOJ under Bondi has opened numerous criminal investigations that have largely failed to yield successful cases. The article says potential prosecutions of former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson and former CIA Director John Brennan are "looming," and describes internal finger‑pointing at Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche for allegedly slowing politically sensitive cases out of concern for future career prospects. Bondi, a long‑time Trump ally who helped defend him during his first impeachment, presides over a department that has shuttered multiple offices and seen thousands of federal lawyers resign, take buyouts or be fired, including many tied to prior probes of Trump’s handling of classified documents and his efforts to overturn the 2020 election. Trump publicly told CBS that Bondi is "doing a good job" and that no final decision has been made, but the floated move to install a loyalist with minimal legal background atop DOJ raises fresh questions about politicization of federal law enforcement and the purge of career staff who worked on cases disfavored by the White House.