Reportedly, Pam Bondi has faced threats from drug cartels and critics regarding her handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files
The New York Times has reported, citing people familiar with the matter, that US Attorney General Pam Bondi has quietly moved to a military base in the Washington DC area. She has joined multiple other top officials of President Donald Trump’s administration who have chosen more secure housing.
Bondi moved to military housing within the past month. Allegedly, she has faced numerous threats from drug cartels and critics of her handling of the Jeffrey Epstein affair, the newspaper reported on Tuesday.
A senior official with direct knowledge of the situation told the NYT that the threats against Bondi spiked early this year after the raid to kidnap Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. Maduro faces multiple charges in the US, including drug trafficking, which he denies.
Last year, several top officials, including Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, and outgoing Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem, reportedly relocated to military installations. The Atlantic first reported the mass exodus of officials into military housing in late October.
It is still unclear whether the officials, most of whom have no direct connection to the armed forces, actually pay anything for the government-owned housing previously reserved for the top military brass. Noem was the only official to admit the move. Her spokesperson told the NYT that she was paying “fair-market rent” for her accommodations. Noem, who used to oversee Trump’s heavy-handed anti-immigration effort, was ousted last week after her department came under fire for multiple issues, including two fatal shootings of US citizens during the Minneapolis protests in January and a lavish advertising campaign.
The NYT noted that the practice of housing civilian officials at military installations predates the second Trump administration, with several examples in recent US history. However, the current administration is believed to be the first to take advantage of government-owned housing on a large scale, it added, citing historians and former government officials.