Bondi's failure to get Trump his 'scalps' sealed her fate

President Trump's biggest fans and strongest critics agree on something: The downfall of Pam Bondi as attorney general had two causes.

The largest failure was her inability to secure convictions of the president's enemies despite his adamant urging that she should do so.

"He is looking for scalps but she hasn't delivered," said one GOP strategist well connected to Trump's orbit, granted anonymity to speak candidly. "She didn't deliver the kind of results that the president was hoping for. She tried and didn't succeed — and in Trump World that doesn't fly."

Trump's critics have the slimmest sliver of sympathy with Bondi in that regard. They contend a vengeful president expected her to accomplish the impossible — securing guilty verdicts without clear and compelling evidence. But, they also note, she was an eager partner in that quest.