US President Donald Trump fired Pam Bondi as US attorney general on Thursday, CNN and Fox News reported, citing unidentified sources.

According to Reuters, Trump said that Bondi would be transitioning to a "much-needed and important new job" in the private sector, while Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche would step in as acting A-G.

Trump had previously discussed firing Bondi amid his frustration with her leadership, including what he sees as a lack of aggression in targeting his enemies and over her handling of the Epstein files, The New York Times reported on Wednesday.

Trump had floated the idea of replacing Bondi with Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin, the report said, citing four unnamed sources familiar with the conversations. CNN also reported the discussions.

The White House did not respond to Reuters' request for comment. The Justice Department also did not immediately respond.

Bondi was at the US Supreme Court on Wednesday as the Republican president attended oral arguments on a birthright citizenship case.

Critics say Trump has dispensed with decades-long norms designed to insulate federal law enforcement from political pressures.

He campaigned for the presidency, vowing retribution after facing a slew of legal woes following the end of his first term in the White House in 2021. He has continued to publicly call out his perceived adversaries and has pushed Bondi's Justice Department to bring charges against them.

Since Trump took office a second time in January 2025, federal prosecutors have targeted former FBI Director James Comey, New York Attorney General Letitia James, Federal Reserve Board Governor Lisa Cook, and former national security adviser John Bolton.

The White House has said Trump is abiding by his campaign promises to restore a justice system that he accuses of being "weaponized" by his Democratic predecessor, Joe Biden.

The investigative files on the late convicted sex criminal Jeffrey Epstein have also dogged Bondi, with a congressional panel issuing a subpoena for her to testify in its related investigation.

Bondi, a former Florida state attorney general, represented Trump during his first impeachment trial in his first White House term.

She was Trump's second pick for the top US law enforcement job after his first choice, former US Representative Matt Gaetz, withdrew his name from consideration ahead of a congressional ethics report that found he had paid women for sex and drugs and obstructed Congress.