Who Is Lee Zeldin? Possibly Trump's Next Attorney General

[Celerity]

Lee Zeldin, currently the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, is understood to be the leading candidate for Attorney General after President Donald Trump fired Pam Bondi.

https://time.com/article/2026/04/02/lee-zeldin-attorney-general-pam-bondi-trump-fire/



Trump dismissed Bondi on Thursday after she faced significant backlash over her department’s handling of the Epstein files, documents related to the investigation into convicted sex offender and disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein. Bondi is scheduled to face a deposition before the congressional House Oversight Committee later this month related to the Epstein investigation and transparency of the files.

“Pam Bondi is a Great American Patriot and a loyal friend, who faithfully served as my Attorney General over the past year,” Trump said in a Truth Social post, praising her record on reducing murders and other crimes. “We love Pam, and she will be transitioning to a much needed and important new job in the private sector, to be announced at a date in the near future.”

Trump has also reportedly expressed private dissatisfaction that Bondi did not pursue investigations into his critics aggressively enough. At Trump’s behest, the DOJ under Bondi has pursued criminal investigations into several of Trump’s perceived political adversaries, most of whom are Democrats. These include probes into New York Attorney General Letitia James, California Sen. Adam Schiff, Fed Governor Lisa Cook, and Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell. The DOJ has so far failed to secure indictments in any of the cases, although some are ongoing.

Bondi was confirmed as Attorney General with a 54-46 vote last February, after Trump’s initial pick, former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R, Fla.), withdrew from consideration amid scrutiny of allegations of sexual misconduct. Bondi told lawmakers at her confirmation hearing that she would not target people based on their politics, citing criminal cases against Trump. Last month, Trump replaced Kristi Noem with Markwayne Mullin as Homeland Secretary, making Noem the first Cabinet member to be removed during Trump’s second term.

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[surfered]

1. Trump nominates a 70s rock band for AG?

[Arthur_Frain]

2. Actually stretching

To Led Zeppelin?

More power to ya.

[Polybius]

3. I guess depending on how old you are, we either think Led Zeppelin or The Legend of Zelda

As a Gen Xer, I always thought of that classic Nintendo game Zelda when he ran for NY governor. He botched his campaign slogan. It should have been The Legend of Zeldin.

[Arthur_Frain]

4. Loved the original. Even on gameboy.

BOTW.

Hate that I’m too old to enjoy video games anymore. Loved the linear “can’t get lost” old style, but I lose track of what to do or how to get there in all these massive open world things.

[Polybius]

6. I have been a huge Zelda fan since the Summer of 1987, when I saw that mysterious gold cart in Toys "R" Us

I have over 25 Zelda games, and a Zelda Wii U and 3DS editions. I honestly love the originals better, which I think peaked with the SNES version (A Link To the Past). Still though, I loved a lot of the newer ones as well, especially Twilight Princess (Wii). BOTW was great, but I'm with you. I never finished it, as I don't wanna put 60+ hours into a video game anymore.

Link's Awakening on Switch was incredible. That's the remake of the Game Boy game you mentioned. Try it if you haven't already, along with Echoes of Wisdom. Both are more classic style gameplay.


I look forward to the move next year. Can't wait!

[fujiyamasan]

5. He'll be the easiest to get confirmed of the possible replacements

Pirro may get some pushback even from republicans since being a completeTrump bootlicker may not be the smartest political position going into the midterms.

Besides, we’ve seen what Trump thinks of his female cabinet members. They’re first in his cross hairs right now. We’ve seen rumors about Gabbard and his labor secretary too.

[Prairie Gates]

7. Zeldin pioneered the fake assassination on the campaign trail tactic

Respeck to the OG!