After Kristi Noem, perhaps it is time for Pam Bondi to leave her highly coveted role as AG in the Donald Trump administration as Trump is seriously considering replacing Bondi as he is dissatisfied with the way his department has handled the Jeffrey Epstein files case. Trump has asked people about a replacement for Bondy, who will face testimony on Capitol Hill later this month related to the congressional investigation into the late sex trafficker, CNN reports. Trump believed that Bondi did not adequately investigate his political opponents. White House officials have discussed several possibilities as a replacement for attorney general, but Lee Zeldin, the Senate-confirmed Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, is the likely replacement, CNN has confirmed, naming names as possibilities. Trump met with Zeldin on Tuesday. But the President put to rest these speculations by issuing a statement praising Bondi. “Attorney General Pam Bondi is a wonderful person and she is doing a great job,” Trump said in a statement to CNN.Some reports claim that Trump has already told Bondi that his days as AG are numbered but no one is saying anything officially. The idea of ​​replacing Bondy with Zeldin was first floated in January, the sources said, then cooled as Epstein coverage slipped from the news cycle. Some senior DOJ officials believed the year-long headache of the Epstein files was finally over, one source said. But talk that Trump wanted to replace Bondy with Zeldin began circulating again in the West Wing on Monday, CNN reported.
Who is Lee Zeldin?
An attorney and veteran, Zeldin represented New York’s 1st congressional district prior to his role at EPA. After losing to Kathy Hochul in the 2022 New York gubernatorial race, Zeldin remained close to Trump, appearing regularly at Mar-a-Lago during his 2024 campaign.Zeldin served for 22 years in the U.S. Army and Army Reserve. He was a paratrooper in the 82nd Airborne Division, deployed to Iraq in 2006 during Operation Iraqi Freedom (as a military intelligence officer), and also served as a federal prosecutor and military magistrate. He retired with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel in May 2025.He lives on Long Island with his wife, Diana, and their identical twin daughters, Mikayla and Ariana.
