Former Attorney General Pam Bondi was diagnosed with thyroid cancer shortly after departing from her role.
The news was shared by wife of White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy Stephen Miller, Katie Miller, who said Bondi has a “heart of gold.”
According to a report from Axios, President Trump has since appointed Bondi to serve on the Presidential Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST).
“Pam has been an enormously valuable asset to the president’s team, and I’m thrilled for her and for all of us that she’s going to remain involved in confronting some of the most important issues the administration faces,” Vice-President JD Vance said in a statement.
Announcing members of the PCAST board in March, the White House said the group “brings together the Nation’s foremost luminaries in science and technology to advise the President and provide recommendations on strengthening American leadership in science and technology.”
President Trump confirmed the attorney general transition in an April statement on Truth Social. “Pam Bondi is a Great American Patriot and a loyal friend, who faithfully served as my Attorney General over the past year,” he wrote. “Pam did a tremendous job overseeing a massive crackdown in Crime across our Country, with Murders plummeting to their lowest level since 1900.”
“We love Pam, and she will be transitioning to a much needed and important new job in the private sector, to be announced at a date in the near future, and our Deputy Attorney General, and a very talented and respected Legal Mind, Todd Blanche, will step in to serve as Acting Attorney General. Thank you for your attention to this matter!”
