Padilla Statement on Firing of Attorney General Pam Bondi

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following statement after President Trump fired Attorney General Pam Bondi:

"Pam Bondi's disastrous tenure as Attorney General has come to an end, but the consequences of her weaponization of the Justice Department will reverberate for years to come. Under Pam Bondi, the DOJ irresponsibly rubber stamped investigations into Donald Trump's perceived political enemies, tried to coerce states into surrendering their voter rolls, pushed out career prosecutors and civil servants, and dodged accountability and transparency over the Epstein files. Americans always deserved better than Pam Bondi.

"Donald Trump may think Bondi's ouster will help save his failing agenda, but the damage is done. Trump has raised the price of our food, health care, and gas, initiated an unauthorized war with Iran, and militarized federal agents against Americans. This firing does not change the facts of Trump's disaster of an administration."

Padilla voted against advancing Bondi's nomination last year. He also pressed Bondi during her nomination hearing for refusing to uphold the constitutionally guaranteed principle of birthright citizenship and declining to disavow the false claim that the 2020 election was stolen.

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