Bondi Battling Cancer; Named to Trump AI Committee
Former Attorney General Pam Bondi has been battling thyroid cancer since leaving the Department of Justice last month, according to a report on Axios. Bondi, 60, who left her AG role in early April, underwent treatment…
Former Attorney generalPam Bondi has been battling thyroid cancer since leaving the Department of Justice last month, according to a report on Axios.
Bondi, 60, who left her AG role in early April, underwent treatment and is recovering, a source reported.
Katie Miller, a former White House staffer and podcast host who is married to White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy Stephen Miller, reposted the report on X Tuesday evening.
“Pam has been quietly kicking cancer’s ass the last few weeks,” she wrote, adding, Bondi has “a heart of gold.”
Biondi’s cancer diagnosis came out the same time it was announced Bondi has been appointed by President Donald Trump to an advisory committee focused on artificial intelligence policy.
The committee’s formal name is the Presidential Council of Advisors on Science and Technology.
The council is co-chaired by White House AI and crypto czar David Sacks and White House science adviser Michael Kratsios.
Bondi will help facilitate coordination between the federal government and technology executives serving on the panel.
“Pam has been an enormously valuable asset to the president’s team, and I’m thrilled for her and for all of us that she’s going to remain involved in confronting some of the most important issues the administration faces,” Vice President JD Vance said in a statement.
News of Bondi’s diagnosis and new advisory role comes weeks after Trump fired her.
He announced the firing with a post on Truth Social, writing, Bondi is “a Great American Patriot and a loyal friend.”
“Pam did a tremendous job overseeing a massive crackdown in Crime across our Country, with Murders plummeting to their lowest level since 1900,” Trump wrote. “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.”
Deputy Attorney generalTodd Blanche is currently serving as acting Attorney general.
In a post on X confirming her exit from the Justice Department, Bondi said she remains “eternally grateful for the trust that President Trump placed in me to Make America Safe Again.”
“Over the next month I will be working tirelessly to transition the office of Attorney general to the amazing Todd Blanche before moving to an important private sector role I am thrilled about, and where I will continue fighting for President Trump and this Administration,” Bondi wrote.
“Leading President Trump’s historic and highly successful efforts to make America safer and more secure has been the honor of a lifetime, and easily the most consequential first year of the Department of Justice in American history,” she added.