Sen. Ted Cruz supports Pam Bondi's confirmation as attorney general, calling her Trump's most crucial nominee and praising her strong hearing performance.
In remarks to Congress, President-elect Donald Trump's choice to lead the Justice Department said that "partisan weaponization of the Department of Justice will end" under her watch.
America will have one tier of justice for all," Bondi said, vowing that, “There will never be an enemy's list within the De
Pam Bondi, Donald Trump's pick for attorney general, told the Senate Judiciary Committee during her first day of confirmation hearings on Wednesday that "America must have one tier of justice for all.
Asked by Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse at her first confirmation hearing to serve as Donald Trump's attorney general, Pam Bondi said she would prosecute "bad" prosecutors like Kevin Clinesmith, who pleaded guilty to altering an email in a Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) application in order to spy on a member of the Trump campaign during the early days of the FBI's Trump-Russia probe.
Pam Bondi, President-elect Donald J. Trump’s pick for attorney general, occasionally clashed with Democrats during a confirmation hearing. She dodged questions about election denialism, the potential prosecution of Mr.
Minn., that the Department of Justice would act independently of the White House if she were to be confirmed as attorney general.
Donald Trump’s pick for attorney general, Pam Bondi, insisted in her Senate confirmation hearing that Donald Trump has been targeted by years of investigations, but Bondi vowed she would not "politicize” or weaponize the Justice Department if confirmed.
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President-elect Donald Trump's Cabinet nominees for the Department of Justice, State Department and more sat for Senate confirmation hearings throughout the day Wednesday.
Here are five key takeaways from the first day of Bondis confirmation hearing: Accusing President Joe Biden of coordinating political prosecutions, Bondi said that she would only bring cases based on facts and law and said she has not discussed starting investigations of Trumps enemies with the president-elect.