1 of 5 | Attorney General Pam Bondi attends a swearing-in ceremony in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., on March 24. Within days of being fired from her post, she said she was diagnosed with thyroid cancer. File Photo by Graeme Sloan/UPI | License Photo
President Donald Trump appointed former Attorney General Pam Bondi to his artificial intelligence advisory committee, administration officials confirmed Wednesday, the same day she revealed she was diagnosed with cancer.
Vice President JD Vance issued a statement saying Bondi will serve on the Presidential Council of Advisors on Science and Technology. She will specifically focus on national infrastructure and will be in charge of coordinating between government officials and tech executives on the council, Axios reported.
“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,” Vance said.
The co-chairmen of the council are former White House AI adviser David Sacks and White House science adviser Michael Kratsios. Tech executives on the panel include Nvidia co-founder Jensen Huang, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Dell CEO Michael Dell, Google co-founder Sergey Brin and Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison.
Sacks said “no one is better positioned to support PCAST and to advise the president on legal and regulatory matters” than Bondi, The Hill reported.
The news comes the same day Bondi confirmed to CBS News that she was diagnosed with thyroid cancer shortly after being fired as attorney general in early April. She said she had surgery as part of her treatment two weeks ago.
CNN reported Bondi was scheduled to testify Friday before the House Oversight Committee as part of its investigation of the Justice Department’s Jeffrey Epstein probe.
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Secretary of State Marco Rubio and President Donald Trump participate in a Cabinet meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House on Wednesday. Photo by Samuel Corum/UPI | License Photo
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