Too Weird to Check: Trump Canned Bondi Over ... Swalwell?
Ed Morrissey 6:30 PM | April 02, 2026
Did the now-fired Attorney General tip off one of her boss' fiercest critics over an FBI plan to release investigatory files? That's what the Daily Mail claimed earlier this afternoon, shortly after Donald Trump announced Pam Bondi's departure from the Department of Justice. Their trio of reporters claims that the matter came to a head late yesterday, with Trump cashiering Bondi just prior to his war speech on national television.
Color me a bit skeptical on this, but here's the story:
Trump's reasoning for the sudden dismissal comes in part because the President believes Bondi tipped off Eric Swalwell about the FBI's efforts to release investigative documents related to his relationship with an alleged Chinese spy.
The FBI was preparing a cache of documents on Swalwell's relationship with Christine Fang.
'She's intervening in those matters. The White House wasn't pleased she was intervening due to her personal friendship with Swalwell,' the source added.
It is unclear why Bondi would have intervened, but it is believed that Bondi and Swalwell have a friendly relationship.
How friendly is their relationship? Even the Daily Mail notes that Swalwell has not just attacked Trump publicly, but Bondi as well. Swalwell ripped Bondi for a lack of prosecutions in death threats made against himself and his family. Collin Rugg posted one short clip of their exchange in congressional testimony:
https://twitter.com/CollinRugg/status/2039758917652353224more
https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2026/04/02/daily-mail-trump-canned-bondi-over-swalwell-n3813516