Trump Fires Bondi 12 Days Before House Deposition in Epstein Probe
Erin Burnett OutFront
CNN
3.9 • 715 Ratings
🗓️ 3 April 2026
⏱️ 48 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Outfront next, Pam Bondi is fired. |
| 0:05.0 | Trump's Attorney General out after Trump grew frustrated with her handling of the Epstein files |
| 0:10.0 | and his desire to target his perceived political enemies. |
| 0:14.0 | But why now? And who could be next? |
| 0:17.0 | Also breaking another ouster, Defense Secretary Pete Hegzetheth telling the top army general to step down immediately out in the middle of Trump's war with Iran. |
| 0:28.0 | Why? And Artemis, too, about to take the most significant step of the entire mission so far, this critical milestone if successful we'll put the astronauts on track to the moon. |
| 0:39.6 | We're going to bring it to you live. Let's go out front. |
| 0:44.5 | Good evening. I'm Breonna Keeler in for Aaron Burnett. Outfront tonight, breaking news, |
| 0:49.1 | Pam Bondi trying to save face after President Trump fired her. The ousted Attorney General posting on |
| 0:55.5 | X that she's, quote, thrilled about returning to the private sector. That message, roughly two |
| 1:01.3 | hours after Trump announced he fired her, making Bondi the second cabinet official to get the boot |
| 1:07.0 | in recent weeks. In a statement, the president calling Bondi a great American patriot and a loyal |
| 1:13.2 | friend. And Bondi was loyal to Trump. Even so, sources tell CNN, Trump was frustrated with her in no small |
| 1:20.0 | part because of her handling of the Epstein files. This was Bondi's original sin, February 21st, 2025. |
| 1:29.8 | The DOJ may be releasing the list of Jeffrey Epstein's clients. Will that really happen? |
| 1:36.1 | It's sitting on my desk right now to review. |
| 1:40.1 | Sources later said that simply wasn't true. That list never materialized, and the missteps continued from there. |
| 1:47.4 | Several days after that appearance, Bondi made a big production of handing out binders full of what she billed as the first phase of the Epstein files to right-wing influencers. |
| 1:57.2 | But it quickly became clear that those documents had been previously released, setting off a |
| 2:02.8 | firestorm of endless conspiracy theories. When Congress compelled Bondi's DOJ to finally release |
| 2:08.8 | the Epstein files, accused offenders were over-redacted, and many survivors whose identities |
| 2:14.3 | were supposed to be protected were made public. The timing of Bondi's firing is |
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