Pam Bondi joins long list of Florida appointees who crashed and burned under Trump

Pam Bondi's firing marks another casualty in what's becoming a bloodbath of Trump administration appointees and nominees from his home state of Florida. But unlike her predecessors, Bondi faces an additional humiliation: forced testimony before Congress about the administration's bungled handling of Jeffrey Epstein files.According to Politico's Kimberly Leonard, White House insiders don't believe Bondi will leverage her Trump experience into a political career. There's also no indication that she will return to her job as a lobbyist at Ballard Partners, from which she was plucked to serve at the DOJ.Bondi is far from alone. Trump's second term has become a graveyard for Florida appointees: Former national security adviser Mike Waltz was demoted to the UN in the wake of his being caught up in the "Signalgate" scandal.Hillsborough County Sheriff Chad Chronister never made it to his confirmation hearing to be the administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA).Former Rep. Dave Weldon (R) had his nomination withdrawn by the White House to to lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Former Rep. Matt Gaetz, now an OANN anchor, withdrew his nomination as attorney general amid sexual misconduct allegations and a damning House Ethics Committee which led him to preemptively resign from Congress.In Bondi's case, one place she might find herself busy is in front Congress.Democrats are preparing Bondi's next nightmare: congressional testimony. House Oversight Committee Democrats want her to testify about the administration's handling of Jeffrey Epstein files — a politically toxic subject that has already damaged Trump's second term.Bondi was scheduled to deliver testimony on April 14, and Democratic Rep. Maxwell Frost is among those pushing for the hearing to proceed despite her firing."My office has been working to uncover this administration's handling of the Epstein files, reviewing how records were managed, what was withheld and how information was presented to the public," Frost said. "That work has raised serious concerns about transparency and accountability, and it is ongoing."House Oversight Chair James Comer hasn't ruled out forcing Bondi to testify, with his office indicating he would "discuss it with fellow GOP colleagues and the DOJ."