Pam Bondi is out as AG — here are the contenders who could replace her

Pam Bondi is out as AG — here are the contenders who could replace her

Todd Blanche steps in as acting AG while names like Lee Zeldin, Harmeet Dhillon and Jeanine Pirro swirl

U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi testifies before the House Judiciary Committee in the Rayburn House Office Building on Feb. 11, 2026, in Washington, D.C. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, joined by President Donald Trump, speaks at a press conference on recent Supreme Court rulings in the briefing room at the White House on June 27, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Former Rep. Lee Zeldin, R-N.Y., Trump’s nominee to be Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, speaks during his Senate Environment and Public Works confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill on Jan. 16, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Harmeet K. Dhillon speaks at the IAC National Summit 2026 at The Diplomat Beach Resort on January 17, 2026 in Hollywood, Florida. (Noam Galai/Getty Images)

Jeanine Pirro, U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, spoke during a news conference at the Department of Justice on Feb. 6, 2026, in Washington, D.C. (Aaron Schwartz/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Senator Eric Schmitt, a Republican from Missouri, during a Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee hearing in Washington, DC, US, on Thursday, Feb. 9, 2023. ( Photographer: Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Alina Habba speaks from a podium. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

US Attorney General Pam Bondi testifies before a House Judiciary Committee hearing on "Oversight of the Department of Justice" on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on Feb. 11, 2026. (ROBERTO SCHMIDT / AFP via Getty )

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