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Attorney General Pam Bondi has reportedly moved to a military base around Washington, D.C. area, alongside other members of the Trump administration, amid threats from critics, including the chilling Sinaloa Cartel.
Bondi, whose tenure in the Justice Department has been plagued with controversies, made the move last month amid increased threats following the capture and prosecution of former Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro in January. The attorney general used to live in an apartment in the nation’s capital.
The Trump administration official has reportedly received multiple threats from transnational drug cartels, including Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman’s former drug trafficking gang, the Sinaloa Cartel.
The cartel is currently being led by El Chapo’s sons, Ivan Archivaldo Guzman Salazar, Jesus Alfredo Guzman Salazar, Ismael Zamabada Sicairos, and Aureliano Guzman Loera. They are commonly referred to as “Los Chapitos.”
Bondi’s move is believed to have occurred in February, around the Super Bowl, when a group of survivors of sex offender Jeffrey Epstein ran a public service announcement calling on Bondi and the Justice Department to release all the investigative materials related to the criminal investigation into the late financier.
Authorities seize drugs from Sinaloa Cartel in Spain (Image: Getty)
In recent months, Bondi and other members of the administration have become targets for these gangs, as the Department of Justice has taken an aggressive stance against narcotics trafficking in Latin America coming into the U.S.
In February 2025, the Trump administration designated the Sinaloa Cartel, alongside other drug trafficking groups, as a Foreign Terrorist Organization, providing U.S. law enforcement with additional tools to target the group, including freezing their assets and allowing for the prosecution of individuals providing material support for the organization. The designation was made to address the cartel’s role in producing and trafficking fentanyl and other drugs into the U.S.
The New York Times was the first to report on Bondi’s move. However, it did not provide specific details about the threats made against the attorney general or other members of the administration.
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AG Pam Bondi at the Governor’s Dinner in the White House (Image: Getty)
In recent months, top administration officials have relocated to military bases across the D.C. area. Among them is White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller; Secretary of State Marco Rubio; former Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem; and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.
Army Secretary Daniel Driscoll and Navy Secretary John Phelan have also moved into military housing.
Neither Bondi nor the Justice Department has yet commented on her move, or the threats she’s received.
It remains unclear how much, if anything, these officials pay to live at the historic properties, which belong to the federal government. According to a spokeswoman for Noem, the former secretary-who was ousted by President Trump following a slew of controversies during her tenure at DHS-was paying “fair-market rent” for her accommodations. However, she did not disclose a specific amount.
Historically, U.S. officials who are targets of domestic or foreign threats have moved into military bases for extra security. During Trump’s first term, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo moved to the government’s bases, as did Robert Gates, who served as defense secretary under Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama.
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