{"id":2586612,"date":"2026-04-02T16:15:02","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T20:15:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/we-need-heads-to-roll-chip-roy-urges-trump-to-replace-bondi-with-aggressive-ag\/"},"modified":"2026-04-02T16:16:42","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T20:16:42","slug":"we-need-heads-to-roll-chip-roy-urges-trump-to-replace-bondi-with-aggressive-ag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/we-need-heads-to-roll-chip-roy-urges-trump-to-replace-bondi-with-aggressive-ag\/","title":{"rendered":"Chip Roy Urges Trump To Replace Bondi With &#8216;Aggressive&#8217; AG"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwe-need-heads-to-roll-chip-roy-urges-trump-to-replace-bondi-with-aggressive-ag%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2586612&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>congressman Chip Roy, R-Texas, argues that the next U.S. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-ag-barr-authorizes-federal-prosecutors-to-pursue-substantial-allegations-of-voting-irregularities-before-2020-election-is-certified\/\" title=\"BREAKING: AG Barr Authorizes Federal Prosecutors to Pursue &quot;Substantial Allegations&quot; of Voting Irregularities Before 2020 Election is Certified\">attorney general<\/a> should be aggressive and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/storm-the-capitol-msnbcs-chris-hayes-mocks-gop-2022-congressional-candidates\/\" title=\"\u2018Storm The Capitol\u2019: MSNBC\u2019s Chris Hayes Mocks GOP 2022 Congressional Candidates\">deliver real results<\/a> rather than mere show or statements. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cnn-skips-fact-checking-to-run-with-nurses-unverified-story-about-covid-patients-last-dying-words\/\" title=\"CNN Skips Fact-Checking To Run With Nurse&#039;s Unverified Story About COVID Patients &#039;Last Dying Words&#039;\">article notes<\/a> that President Trump fired Pam Bondi, with Bondi moving to a private-sector role, and that Deputy Attorney General todd Blanche will serve as <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >interim attorney general<\/a>. Roy told Fox News that DOJ leadership must be aggressive and focused on accountability for issues such as Antifa, illegal immigration, fentanyl, and other concerns, insisting the new AG must take concrete action rather than offer only rhetoric. He emphasized breaking up organized networks and ensuring accountability, urging that replacements demonstrate action, not just talk. The piece also references Trump\u2019s Truth Social post praising Bondi, includes an embedded video, and features a bio of the author, Brianna Lyman, an elections correspondent for The Federalist.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-body body-md bdr-top-black pt-30\">\n<div class=\"row justify-content-center\">\n<div class=\"col-12\">\n<figure class=\"article-thumbnail mb-30 mb-sm-60\">\n<div class=\"article-thumbnail-caption d-flex align-items-center justify-content-md-end label-xs mt-15\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-camera me-10\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Image Credit<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/22007612@N05\/53913275970\/\">gage skidmore\/flickr<\/a>\/<a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/2.0\/deed.en\">cc by-sa 2.0<\/a>&nbsp;       <\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"article-share text-center article-share-simple\">\n<h5 class=\"label-sm mb-10\">Share<\/h5>\n<ul class=\"article-share-list list-unstyled m-0 p-0\">\n<li class=\"article-share-facebook m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/04\/02\/we-need-heads-to-roll-chip-roy-urges-trump-to-replace-bondi-with-aggressive-ag\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-facebook\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Facebook<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-twitter m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=%E2%80%98We%20Need%20Heads%20To%20Roll%E2%80%99:%20Chip%20Roy%20Urges%20Trump%20To%20Replace%20Bondi%20With%20%E2%80%98Aggressive%E2%80%99%20AG&amp;url=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/04\/02\/we-need-heads-to-roll-chip-roy-urges-trump-to-replace-bondi-with-aggressive-ag\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-twitter\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Twitter<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-truth-social m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/share?title=%E2%80%98We%20Need%20Heads%20To%20Roll%E2%80%99:%20Chip%20Roy%20Urges%20Trump%20To%20Replace%20Bondi%20With%20%E2%80%98Aggressive%E2%80%99%20AG&amp;url=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/04\/02\/we-need-heads-to-roll-chip-roy-urges-trump-to-replace-bondi-with-aggressive-ag\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" fill=\"currentColor\" style=\"width:36px;height:auto;\" viewbox=\"0 0 92 93\"><path d=\"M69.444 55.716H56.772v10.37h12.672zM64.487 37.795V27.32H38.666v38.664h13.18v-28.19zM21.05 27.321h12.653v10.471H21.051z\" https:><\/path><\/svg>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Truth Social<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-link m-0\">       <button data-clipboard-text=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/04\/02\/we-need-heads-to-roll-chip-roy-urges-trump-to-replace-bondi-with-aggressive-ag\/\" data-tooltip-content=\"Copied!\" class=\"clip tooltip\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-link-variant\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Copy Article Link<\/span>       <\/button>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-email m-0\">       <a href=\"mailto:?subject=%E2%80%98We%20Need%20Heads%20To%20Roll%E2%80%99:%20Chip%20Roy%20Urges%20Trump%20To%20Replace%20Bondi%20With%20%E2%80%98Aggressive%E2%80%99%20AG&amp;body=%20https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/04\/02\/we-need-heads-to-roll-chip-roy-urges-trump-to-replace-bondi-with-aggressive-ag\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-email\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article via Email<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-email m-0\"><span class=\"printfriendly pf-button  pf-alignleft\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/#\" rel=\"nofollow\" onclick=\"window.print(); return false;\" title=\"Printer Friendly, PDF &amp; Email\"><span id=\"printfriendly-text2\" class=\"pf-button-text\"><i class=\"mdi mdi-printer\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<p>Congressman Chip Roy, R-Texas, said the next attorney general needs to be &ldquo;aggressive&rdquo; and deliver real results, not just &ldquo;show&rdquo; and &ldquo;statements.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>President Donald Trump fired Pam Bondi on Thursday, confirming in a Truth Social post that Bondi would move to an undisclosed role in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/a-short-history-of-how-anthony-fauci-has-kept-failing-up-since-1984\/\" title=\"A Short History Of How Anthony Fauci Has Kept Failing Up Since 1984\">private sector<\/a>. <\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2 d-flex justify-content-center\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; \" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-742542409\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1463670073398-0\" class=\"mb-30\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&ldquo;Pam did a tremendous job overseeing a massive crackdown in Crime across our Country, with Murders plummeting to their lowest level since 1900,&rdquo; Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/116336247856387679\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a> on Truth Social. &ldquo;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.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche will serve as interim attorney general.<\/p>\n<p>Responding to the announcement, Roy said on Fox News that &ldquo;it&rsquo;s critical that we have a great leader at the top of the Department of Justice. &hellip; The next person who&rsquo;s heading the Department of Justice has got to be aggressive.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>    <iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"rumble\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/rumble.com\/embed\/v75sjic\/?pub=88gnf\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>    <\/p>\n<p>Roy pointed out that Republicans have a guaranteed trifecta for only a short while longer, and yet there are a lot of dissatisfied Republican voters who feel like they have not seen &ldquo;justice and accountability&rdquo; for victims of political persecution, Antifa, the Epstein files, and the pandemic, among other hot topic issues.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We have got to be on offense for justice and accountability,&rdquo; Roy said. &ldquo;What are we doing about Antifa and what they&rsquo;re doing radically across this country to endanger us? Open borders &mdash; the radical Marxist networks? &hellip; We have got so many things we need to be doing and pursuing. You know, Artist Frost &mdash; I mean, how many things do we have to see before we see some heads roll and we see some accountability?&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;ve never really gotten to the bottom of stuff involving Fauci and the horrors that they perpetrated on the American people. You know, human smuggling and traffickers, fentanyl pouring into our communities. We need heads to roll,&rdquo; Roy said.<\/p>\n<p>When it comes to who will replace Bondi, Roy made clear that any replacement must deliver &ldquo;action&rdquo; and not just &ldquo;statements&rdquo; and &ldquo;show.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;[If] we do not break the backs of the Marxist networks, of the Islamist network, of the networks that have been funneling people illegally into our country, then we will no longer have a country,&rdquo; Roy added. &ldquo;They are organized. They are well-funded. We need to stop them. We need to stop the Antifa and radical organizations the president has rightfully declared as terrorist organizations. We need to root them out, follow the money, and I can promise you, that&rsquo;s not being done to the level it needs to be done. That needs to be changed.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">\n<div class=\"article-author-description fst-italic\">      Brianna Lyman is an elections correspondent at The Federalist. Brianna graduated from Fordham University with a degree in International Political Economy. Her work has been featured on Newsmax, Fox News, Fox Business and RealClearPolitics. Follow Brianna on X: @briannalyman2<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-author mt-30 mt-sm-60 pt-30 bdr-top-bold-black\">\n<div class=\"row g-0 align-items-center\">\n<div class=\"col-12 col-md-6\">\n<div class=\"article-author-profile d-flex align-items-center justify-content-center justify-content-md-start\">\n<div class=\"article-author-details\">\n<div class=\"label-md\">Brianna Lyman<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-author-twitter label-sm d-flex align-items-center mt-10\">             <i class=\"mdi mdi-twitter me-5\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>             <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Visit on Twitter<\/span>            <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/briannalyman2\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"text-decoration-none\">@briannalyman2<\/a>           <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-12 col-md-6 d-flex justify-content-center justify-content-md-end mt-15 mt-md-0\">        <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/author\/briannalyman\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">More Articles<\/a>     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"article-tags bdr-top-black mt-30 mt-sm-60 pt-15 pt-md-45\">\n<ul class=\"list-unstyled d-flex flex-wrap align-items-center mb-0 mx-n10 p-0\">\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/attorney-general\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">Attorney General<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/chip-roy\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">Chip Roy<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/department-of-justice\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">Department of Justice<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">Donald Trump<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/pam-bondi\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">Pam Bondi<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/todd-blanche\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">Todd Blanche<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Roy: next AG must be aggressive; Bondi fired<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":74,"featured_media":2586613,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Copy-of-Untitled-64.png","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[546,33651],"tags":[32116,45543,34414,5894,3634],"class_list":["post-2586612","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist","category-the-western-journal","tag-attorney-general","tag-bondi","tag-chip-roy","tag-politics","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Copy-of-Untitled-64.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2586612","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/74"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2586612"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2586612\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2586616,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2586612\/revisions\/2586616"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2586613"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2586612"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2586612"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2586612"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}