U.S. Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche participates in the 2026 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Grapevine, Texas, U.S. March 26, 2026. REUTERS/Callaghan O'Hare
Former FBI Assistant special agent Michael Feinberg said he isn’t placing any bets on the longevity of Pam Bondi replacement Todd Blanch if he muscles into his former boss’ old seat at the DOJ.
President Donald Trump hurled Bondi out of the office this week in what appears to be frustration at the former AG’s inability to wrestle judges and juries into joining her in targeting and prosecuting Trump's perceived enemies. In September, the president publicly blasted Bondi on social media for failing to get convictions against former F.B.I. director James Comey, Senator Adam Schiff and New York Attorney General Letitia James — even though the DOJ is supposed to act independently of the White House.
But DOJ second-in-command (and Trump’s former personal lawyer) Todd Blanche appears eager to make his acting attorney general permanent, while acting equally clueless about Trump’s MAGA base hungering for complete transparency on the Epstein files, according to a recent interview on Fox News.
At one point, Blanche told Fox News entertainer Jesse Waters that the Epstein files were a thing of the past and “should not be a part of anything going forward.”
“Okay. I'm not sure you totally get what people feel about that,” confided Waters to Blanche.
Feinberg predicted a very short lifespan for Bondi’s replacement if that remained his take on the files dogging Trump for months.
“There's an old Winston Churchill saying about dictators riding to and fro on tigers that they dare not dismount for fear of getting eaten. And that's what we're seeing now with everybody who sacrificed their integrity for a senior position with the Trump administration,” said Feinberg.
“Pam Bondi, … just like all the other supporters throughout the campaign, did every single thing she could to light a fire among their supporters, demanding more action on the Epstein files. And it eventually came back to burn her. And there is no reason to think that Todd Blanche will escape that same fate,” Feinberg added. “Todd Blanche is either dissembling on purpose or is not mentally competent enough and intelligent enough to serve as the attorney general of the United States. And if anyone in the public or in Congress thinks they are going to get a better servant of the Constitution and the rule of law in Blanche than they did in Bondi, I would like to have access to whatever drugs they have access to.”
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