U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi didn’t just torch her credibility on live TV — she set off a full-blown Justice Department firestorm.
Bondi abruptly fired six federal prosecutors after they attempted to resign rather than participate in what they believed was a politically rigged Justice Department response to the fatal shooting of Renee Nicole Good by an ICE agent in Minneapolis. The episode, which has been confirmed by Reuters, Forbes, CBS News, and The Washington Post, all point to a DOJ in open revolt.
The prosecutors — all career officials in the Minnesota U.S. Attorney’s Office — reportedly objected to the Trump administration’s handling of the case, including pressure to pursue an investigation of Good’s widow while shielding the ICE agent involved in the killing. According to multiple outlets, they also objected to the Justice Department cutting Minnesota state authorities out of the review entirely, opting instead for an internal FBI probe.
Bondi’s response was not subtle. Appearing on Fox News, she exploded over the attempted resignations, accusing the prosecutors of abandoning law enforcement and gaming the system for paid time off. She bragged on air: “So, the breaking news tonight? I fired them all! They are FIRED from the office.”
Rather than address the substance of their objections, Bondi publicly smeared the prosecutors as part of the “deep state” and the “Resistance,” framing the dispute as ideological warfare instead of a professional revolt over ethics and due process.
What Bondi didn’t mention is that the Minnesota firings are only one piece of a much larger DOJ collapse.
According to Reuters and The Washington Post, senior officials inside the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division have also resigned after being sidelined from the Good case and other enforcement decisions. That division traditionally investigates excessive force and civil rights violations by federal officers — exactly the kind of inquiry that critics say is being deliberately avoided here.
Forbes and CBS News further report that the prosecutors who walked away viewed the department’s strategy as prioritizing political optics and ICE loyalty over a transparent review of the shooting itself. Their departures have intensified scrutiny of whether the administration is actively blocking independent accountability for federal agents.
The Justice Department insists the FBI’s investigation is sufficient. But the mounting resignations, public firings, and Bondi’s televised meltdown tell a different story: a department more interested in punishing dissent than pursuing justice.
Watch Bondi’s interview below:
