President Donald Trump on Thursday confirmed that Pam Bondi will leave the role of attorney general and take a position in the private sector.

He further confirmed that Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche would take over the role in an acting capacity.

"Pam Bondi is a Great American Patriot and a loyal friend, who faithfully served as my Attorney General over the past year," he posted on Truth Social. "Pam did a tremendous job overseeing a massive crackdown in Crime across our Country, with Murders plummeting to their lowest level since 1900."

"We love Pam, and she will be transitioning to a much needed and important new job in the private sector, to be announced at a date in the near future, and our Deputy Attorney General, and a very talented and respected Legal Mind, Todd Blanche, will step in to serve as Acting Attorney General," he added.

The announcement followed reports that Trump would soon fire Bondi and others saying she had already been dismissed. EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin has emerged as a potential replacement.

Bondi's public popularity took a nosedive early in her tenure after she organized a botched PR stunt on the Epstein files in which she distributed binders of largely public information to influencers.

She has since faced scrutiny over the DOJ's handling of the files after Congress passed a bill demanding their release. Other critics have pointed to the myriad legal difficulties her agency faced in prosecuting alleged wrongdoers involved in Russiagate and other supposed deep state operations.

Ben Whedon is the Chief Political Correspondent at Just the News. Follow him on X.