WASHINGTON

By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER, ERIC TUCKER and MICHAEL BALSAMOAssociated Press

President Donald Trump has privately discussed the possibility of firing Attorney General Pam Bondi and replacing her with Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin. That’s according to two people familiar with the matter who spoke to The Associated Press on Thursday on the condition of anonymity to discuss internal personnel discussions. The people say Trump has discussed his frustration with Bondi over her handing of the Jeffrey Epstein files and hurdles the Justice Department has encountered in investigations into Trump’s perceived enemies. The people say the Republican president has mentioned other candidates but has raised Zeldin’s name as recently as this week. The White House says Trump calls Bondi a “wonderful person” doing “a good job.”

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has privately discussed the possibility of firing Attorney General Pam Bondi and replacing her with Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin, two people familiar with the matter told The Associated Press on Thursday.

In those conversations, Trump has discussed his ongoing frustration with Bondi over her handing of the Jeffrey Epstein files and hurdles the Justice Department has encountered in investigations into Trump’s perceived enemies, the people said. The Republican president has mentioned other candidates but has raised Zeldin’s name as recently as this week, the people said.

The people were not authorized to publicly discuss the private conversations and spoke to the AP on the condition of anonymity.

No decision has been announced, and Trump has been known to change his mind on personnel decisions.

Trump says Bondi is a “wonderful person” who is “doing a good job,” according to a White House statement.