Following President Trump’s announcement that he fired Attorney General Pam Bondi, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington President Donald K. Sherman released the following statement: 

“Attorney General Bondi unapologetically weaponized the Department of Justice for the president’s personal and political grievances, undermined the rule of law and jeopardized the integrity of the nation’s premier law enforcement agency. The fact that she appears to have lost her job for not attacking Trump’s enemies more aggressively, rather than her inept and dangerous leadership, means the Senate must demand any potential replacement focus on restoring the Department of Justice’s independence and integrity, ending politicized investigations and defending the rule of law. If an attorney general opens investigations and prosecutions based solely on the president’s ire, not the facts and evidence, all Americans—including the senators who will vote for Bondi’s replacement—are at risk of being targeted.”