Attorney General Pam Bondi has been moved to a military base in Washington, D.C., to secure housing after receiving threats from drug cartels and those angry about her handling of the Jeffrey Epstein case, according to a new report.
Sometime last month, Bundy was moved out of a Washington, D.C., apartment after federal law enforcement officials cited threats against him. new york times The report quoted “people familiar with the matter as saying.”
Bundy reportedly began receiving threats after the Trump administration captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro in January, according to a senior official with direct knowledge. new york times.
The report did not include specific details of any threats against Bundy.
She is not the only Trump administration official who has been redeployed to military bases to protect them from counterattacks.
Attorney General Pam Bondi has been moved to a military residence in Washington, D.C., after receiving threats from drug cartels and those angry over her handling of the Jeffrey Epstein investigation and the release of documents, according to a new report (AFP via Getty Images).
President Donald Trump’s deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller — widely seen as the architect of Trump’s repressive anti-immigration agenda — has also moved into protective housing.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio, former Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and Defense Secretary Pete Hegers have also been placed in safe housing.
All officials are public figures in Trump’s most controversial causes — his foreign policy, anti-immigration agenda and military adventurism — and will now be joined by Bondi, the Justice Department representative handling the Epstein case. The report did not disclose the specific location of the base where AG was moved.
It’s unclear whether Bundy and other Trump front-line personnel paid to stay at the base. Last year, before she was ousted, Noem told new york times She is paying “fair market rent” for housing on base.
It is not unprecedented for U.S. officials facing threats at home and abroad to be stationed on military bases. Mike Pompeo also stayed on base during Trump’s first term, as did Trump’s then-Defense Secretary James Mattis.
During the administration of former President George W. Bush, Defense Secretary Robert Gates lived at the Navy Residence near Washington, DC. In 1974, Congress approved the use of the U.S. Naval Observatory as the official residence of the Vice President.
The official residence of the US Vice President at the Naval Observatory in Washington, D.C. (AFP via Getty Images)
Bundy reportedly moved to base housing around or just after the Super Bowl. During this year’s Super Bowl, survivors of Epstein’s crimes issued a televised public service announcement imploring Bundy to comply with the terms of the Epstein Documents Transparency Act and release all documents the government has about the investigation.
“Stand with us and tell Attorney General Pam Bondi that it’s time to tell the truth,” the PSA said.
In late January, Bundy and the Justice Department released more than 3.5 million documents related to Epstein, about 42 days after being legally required to do so. But the public later learned that there were documents related to Epstein that the Justice Department had not released for unknown reasons. The news once again raised suspicions that the Trump administration was concealing facts.
Bundy has faced criticism not only for failing to release all of Epstein’s documents, but also for failing to properly redact the documents that were released. She was forced to delete thousands of published Epstein documents because they contained names and other identifying information about victims.
Victims of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein react as U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi testifies at a House Judiciary Committee hearing on “Department of Justice oversight” on Capitol Hill on February 11 (AFP/Getty)
“The newly released Jeffrey Epstein documents were sold in the name of transparency, but instead expose survivors,” Epstein’s victims wrote in a statement after the documents were released. “Once again, the names and identities of survivors have been exposed, while our abusers remain hidden and protected. This is outrageous,”
They continued, “As survivors, we should never be the ones to be named, scrutinized and re-traumatized while Epstein’s enablers continue to benefit from secrecy.”
“This is a betrayal of the people this process is supposed to serve,” the letter said.
independent The Justice Department has been asked to comment.
