Donald Trump's pick for Attorney General, former Florida AG Pam Bondi, will appear before the Senate Judiciary Committee Thursday at 10:15 a.m.
In planned remarks to Congress, President-elect Donald Trump's choice to lead the Justice Department commits that "partisan weaponization of the Department of Justice will end" under her watch.
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.
Pam Bondi sought to allay the concerns of Democrats who said they feared Trump and his allies would use the Justice Department to target their political enemies.
Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., raised concerns about Bondi’s ability to say no to Trump, saying he isn’t convinced the attorney general nominee has “the grit and gumption” to say no to the incoming president.
President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for attorney general, former Florida attorney general Pam Bondi (R), is testifying in her first of two scheduled confirmation hearings Wednesday. While Bondi isn’t considered among the Trump nominees that the Republican-majority Senate is likely to potentially reject, her testimony is being closely watched.
After more than a decade of defending Trump, Pam Bondi is now the president-elect's nominee to be the country's top prosecutor and reform the Department of Justice.
Democrats questioned Bondi's independence and refusal to affirm the legitimacy of 2020 election during her confirmation hearing.
The Senate Judiciary Committee is holding a second day of its confirmation hearing for President-elect Donald Trump's choice for attorney general, Pam Bondi, on Thursday.
Pam Bondi is set to meet in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday for her confirmation hearing to become the next US attorney general.