Embattled Pam Bondi rated Trump's least popular Cabinet member as Epstein poisons her tenure
Attorney General Pam Bondi is at the very bottom of the approval list among members of President Donald Trump's cabinet.Her 36 percent disapproval compared to her 35 percent approval rating gives her a negative net approval rating compared to most other US officials, who either had a positive rating or a deadlock, according to a new Daily Mail poll conducted by JL Partners this month. Bondi, as Justice Department head, was tasked with handling the review, redaction and release of the Jeffrey Epstein files when Trump started his second term and installed her as his top law enforcer.Only 29 percent of 1,000 respondents to the poll are either unsure or have a neutral view of the Attorney General.Bondi's odds aren't looking good with the regulated exchange and prediction market site Kalshi showing her as the most likely to be the first Trump official to leave his cabinet.Currently, 19 percent are betting Bondi is the first to go, while Secretary of War Pete Hegseth comes in second, trailing by 4 percent.Vice President JD Vance is the only other official with a negative net rating – tying with Bondi at -1 percent approval in the Daily Mail survey. But because respondents had more definitive views of him, Trump's No. 2 received a boost with a higher approval rating of 41 percent, which is 6 points above the AG's. Attorney General Pam Bondi has the lowest approval rating of Donald Trump's cabinet in the latest Daily Mail polling
Meanwhile, Hegseth, another controversial figure within the Trump administration's ranks, tied at 35 percent for approval and disapproval ratings.Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr, and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem both earned 1 percent more approval than disapproval.The survey was taken on December 20 and 21 as the year winds down and Americans give their weigh-in on how the President has done at the beginning of his second term.No major departures have taken place at the White House so far, besides Mike Waltz vacating his National Security Adviser seat in the fallout from the Signalgate scandal earlier in the year. But he was given a cushy, less consequential spot as ambassador to the United Nations.And Deputy FBI Director Dan Bongino is preparing to leave his post and return to his conservative commentary show in the new year, Trump confirmed this month.Bongino, who admittedly never planned to stay in the role for Trump's entire four-year term, became disenfranchised with the FBI due to Bondi's handling of the Epstein files.Several polls, including those by the Daily Mail, show that even Trump's approval takes a hit because of the lack of transparency on the release of the files.While the cost of living, inflation, tariffs, and the economy overall are of most concern, at least 7 percent say that the Epstein files contribute to their disapproval of Trump. Despite Donald Trump's apparent undying loyalty to his Attorney General, Kashi betting predicts that Bondi is the most likely to be the first official to depart his Cabinet And a lot of polling shows that hers and Trump's approval ratings were impacted by the handling of the Jeffrey Epstein filesRead More Jeffrey Epstein files released as Justice Department drops thousands of documents Bondi promised to release the entirety of the files related to the disgraced financier and convicted child sex offender. She handed conservative influencers at the White House in February earlier this year binders labeled 'The Epstein Files: Phase 1.' But it contained no new information and just recycled documents that were already public.Then, in July, Bondi and FBI Director Kash Patel released a statement stating their conclusion of the Epstein files review and stating no new information was found that would lead to additional charges.This angered Trump's base, who for months pressed for more information.On December 19, the Justice Department, under congressional law signed by the President, released hundreds of thousands of images, correspondence, and other documents that made up the bulk of the so-called Epstein files.In the following days, more was released and internet sleuths have since then been scouring through it all to find nuggets of new information.
