President Donald Trump is reportedly considering firing Attorney General Pam Bondi and replacing her with Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin—a move that could have major implications for marijuana reform as proposal to federally reschedule cannabis remains pending at the Department of Justice.
On Wednesday, The New York Times reported that Trump has grown “frustrated” with Bondi’s leadership at DOJ, in particular her handling of the release of files related to Jeffrey Epstein.
While the president told the paper in a statement that Bondi “is a wonderful person and she is doing a good job,” the report cited sources who said he has floated the idea of replacing her with Zeldin, who previously served in Congress and as a New York state senator and unsuccessfully ran for governor.
While The Times did not mention marijuana as a reason for Trump’s reported dissatisfaction with Bondi, it has been more than three months since he issued an executive order directing her to complete the process of moving cannabis from Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act to Schedule III “in the most expeditious manner,” and to date she has not done so.
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