Trump Slams Pam Bondi in Brutal Text, Backs Lindsey Halligan as Replacement (2025)

President Donald Trump has launched an extraordinary attack on Attorney General Pam Bondi over her failure to take Deep State scalps.

The president appeared to leak on Truth Social a private message he had sent to Bondi accusing her of 'all talk, no action' and demanding increased efforts to prosecute his political enemies.

Trump listed off FBI Director James Comey, Sen. Adam Schiff of California, and New York Attorney General Letitia James, claiming 'they're all guilty as hell.'

The president added, 'We can't delay any longer, it’s killing our reputation and credibility.'

Much of his fury was directed at the outgoing US attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, Erik Siebert, who declined to prosecute James for mortgage fraud over what he said was a lack of evidence.

Siebert also failed to prosecute Comey after Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard accused him of threatening Trump in a social media post.

News outlets initially reported that Siebert resigned from his position, but Trump contradicted that in his post.

'He even lied to the media and said he quit, and that we had no case. No, I fired him, and there is a GREAT CASE, and many lawyers, and legal pundits, say so,' Trump wrote.

Also in the post, Trump also appeared to float Lindsey Halligan, a lawyer currently serving as a special assistant to the president, as a replacement for Siebert.

In a follow-up post made about a half hour later, Trump officially announced his intention to nominate Halligan to the US Attorney position in Virginia's eastern district.

He described Siebert as a 'Democrat Endorsed "Republican"' and said Halligan will 'be Fair, Smart, and will provide, desperately needed, JUSTICE FOR ALL!'

Trump also appeared to walk back his prior exasperated tone with Bondi, saying she is 'doing a GREAT job' as attorney general.

Halligan has been representing Trump for years, most prominently serving as one of his attorneys in the case against him for retaining classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida.

In August 2024, that case was dismissed by US District Judge Aileen Cannon, with her arguing that Special Prosecutor Jack Smith's appointment was unconstitutional.

Smith appealed the ruling to the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals, which then formally dismissed the case in February 2025, marking its end.

More recently, Halligan was leading the charge in Trump's review of historical exhibits at the Smithsonian.

In an August interview with Fox News, Halligan said slavery was an overemphasized topic at the museum in Washington, D.C.

'The fact our country was involved in slavery is awful — no one thinks otherwise,' she said.

'But what I saw when I was going through the museum, personally, was an overemphasis on slavery, and I think there should be more of an overemphasis on how far we’ve come since slavery.'

'There’s a lot of history to our country, both positive and negative, but we need to keep moving forward. We can’t just keep focusing on the negative — all that does is divide us,' she added.

Halligan's promotion comes after Bondi reportedly tapped Mary 'Maggie' Cleary to be the acting US attorney in that office.

Cleary has served as an assistant US attorney in the Western District of Virginia and is perhaps most known for her attempts to beat back an allegation made by an anonymous individual that she was present during the January 6 Capitol Riot.

Cleary, a conservative Republican, was briefly placed on administrative leave but was cleared after a brief internal investigation, Politicoreported.

If Halligan is to become the permanent US attorney, she will have to be confirmed by the Senate.

Since the Republicans have a 53-seat majority in the Senate, it is likely she will ascend to the position.