While many Trump voters have been longing for Attorney General Pam Bondi to be fired over her handling of the Epstein files, the opposite is occurring.
AG Pam Bondi has just fired the Department of Justice’s top ethics adviser, Joseph Tirrell.
Tirrell announced being fired in a LinkedIn post.
The Guardian had more details to share on Bondi’s move:
The US attorney general, Pam Bondi, fired the justice department’s top ethics adviser on Friday, the latest in a series of dismissals that comes as Donald Trump and allies have sought retribution against civil servants in the agency.
Joseph Tirrell, who had served as the head of the justice department’s ethics office, since 2023, revealed he had been fired in a post on LinkedIn. He shared Bondi’s letter to him, which misspelled his name and did not give a reason for his termination.
Neither Tirrell nor the justice department returned a request for comment.
“My public service is not over, and my career as a Federal civil servant is not finished,” Tirrell wrote in the post. “I took the oath at 18 as a Midshipman to ‘support and defend the constitution of the United States’. I have taken that oath at least five more times since then. That oath did not come with the caveat that I need only support the constitution when it is easy or convenient.”
Tirrell was responsible for reviewing financial disclosures and other matters related to Bondi and other top officials in the justice department, according to Bloomberg Law. He oversaw a team of about 30 people that ensured the department’s ethical guidelines were being followed.
Here’s the letter Tirrell received:
BREAKING: Pam Bondi has fired the DOJ's Senior Ethics Attorney without warning or reason provided— and misspelled his name.
Trump’s DOJ is in disarray. pic.twitter.com/op7AAZptaB
— Maine (@TheMaineWonk) July 14, 2025
Bondi’s move comes just days after President Trump made it clear she’s not going anywhere anytime soon, per BBC:
US President Donald Trump has defended Pam Bondi, America’s highest-ranking prosecutor, amid calls from the president’s supporters for her to resign.
In a lengthy social media post, Trump hit out at complaints from critics who have accused Attorney General Bondi of withholding more information about the death of sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and his so-called client list.
ADVERTISEMENTThe attacks from critics come after a memo released by Bondi’s justice department last week failed to deliver what many had hoped would be major revelations in the Epstein case.
“Let Pam Bondi do her job,” Trump wrote in all caps, encouraging his supporters to “not waste time and energy” on Epstein.
Trump: I’ll release the Epstein files because Americans care.
America: Yes we do! Yay!
Bondi: Wait until you see what we’ve got on Epstein!
America: Yay! We care about Epstein!
Bondi: *releases nothing useful*
America: ?????
Trump: Why do you care about Epstein? pic.twitter.com/plPEwObRh5
— Kaizen D. Asiedu (@thatsKAIZEN) July 12, 2025
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