CNN Anchor Flat-Out Asks Nancy Mace ‘Are You Glad’ Trump AG Bondi Got Fired

CNN anchor Kate Bolduan asked Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) flat-out “Are you glad” now-former Trump Attorney General Pam Bondi was fired.

Bondi’s tenure was marked by the repeated failure of revenge cases against former FBI director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James, as well as the lighting of the Epstein files fuse weeks into the second term.

That tenure came to an end on Thursday when multiple outlets reported Bondi’s ouster, and Trump announced the move on Truth Social. Bondi will be replaced by current Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche.

Mace, who has been critical of the DOJ’s handling of the Epstein files, was a guest on Friday’s edition of CNN News Central, during which she told Bolduan she intends to enforce the subpoena against Bondi.

The anchor just came out and asked Mace if she’s happy about the ouster:

BOLDUAN: You say that there’s no question that this is — the subpoena stands for Pam Bondi.

MACE: Yes.

BOLDUAN: Do you have any inkling or suggestion that she — if it stands, she will fight it at this point?

MACE: I don’t at this point. I mean the rumor was she didn’t want to come in for it previous to this, which is why she did the briefing pretty much immediately. And we were only given 24 hours’ notice for that briefing.

I’m — again, I’m sticking to my guns, as I always do, as I always have, because, for me, this is not — this is not political, this is personal. I have met with these victims. I have been through some — many of the files at the DOJ. And, you know, I have many questions that I feel she can answer, and others at the DOJ. And there are folks that we’re going to be bringing in to depose that I — they’re going to be very important. I put out names. I know Chairman Comer has put out a list of people that are going to be coming in. This isn’t going away. And I applaud members of Congress on both sides of the aisle that are with me and are pushing back to make sure that the American people get the truth.

BOLDUAN: Do you think that her being fired helps your effort or hurts it in terms of getting the truth out about the Epstein files, in your view?

MACE: I don’t think it really matters because the subpoena was for her, not her position. You know, so she is still compelled legally to come before the Oversight Committee in Congress. So, I don’t think it really plays one way or the other because the subpoena still stands.

BOLDUAN: Do you — are you glad that she got fired?

MACE: I am, actually. And I — and I — you know, I’ve communicated with the president on potential names of replacements. I hope that it will be someone who will ensure that people are investigated, that they are indicted, that they’re arrested, that there are trials, regardless of the politics. There are investigations. My understanding, for people that are — that are — it’s not politically connected, that they’re going after the right and the left for those who are criminals, potentially, and done potential criminal wrongdoing. And I think it’s really important that the DOJ communicate that with the American people.

But also, people want — I mean the American people want to know that there’s not a two-tiered system of justice. Like, if you broke the law and you’re rich and powerful, you go to jail. But no one’s seeing that right now. They’ve not seen that in years, maybe decades. And then they see a broken and corrupt justice system at the state level, or at the federal level. I mean we’ve seen cases where murderers walk free or they’re let out.

I mean I spend half my time as a leading candidate for governor in South Carolina, sitting in court hearings, making sure that I understand what judges are doing and how victims are really traumatized in a broken court system, whether it’s rape victims, families of murder victims, domestic violence victims. I mean, the whole system is corrupt and broken from the top on down.

Watch above via CNN News Central.

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