Attorney General Pamela Bondi Welcomes President Donald J. Trump to the Justice Department

On Friday, March 14, 2025, Attorney General Pamela Bondi welcomed President Donald J. Trump to the Justice Department.

Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Kash Patel opened remarks highlighting FBI’s emphasis on eliminating violent crime under the leadership of President Trump and Attorney General Bondi.

Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche also delivered remarks highlighting the Department’s efforts to designate cartels as terrorist organizations, effectively giving the strictest punishments possible under law to violent foreign nationals.

Attorney General Pamela Bondi emphasized the Justice Department’s commitment to solving the fentanyl crisis, prosecuting violent criminals, and deporting illegal aliens. She showed a demonstration of the impact of fentanyl, holding in her hand a (simulated) single kilo of fentanyl which could kill half a million people alone.

Attorney General Bondi also thanked the Angel Moms in attendance. Angel Families is a term used to describe families of victims killed by illegal immigrants in the United States.