At her confirmation hearing, Bondi said her work for the Gulf monarchy focused on human trafficking ahead of the 2022 World Cup
Despite Democratic Senators continuing to raise concerns about Bondi’s independence from Trump and her lobbying work, several appeared to find some common ground.
Lawmakers raised concerns about the Florida attorney general’s previous work for the president-elect and support for his efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election — as well as lobbying services she provided for the government of Qatar.
Pam Bondi cast herself as an independent prosecutor who would keep politics out of the Justice Department if confirmed as President Trump’s attorney general.
Pam Bondi refused to acknowledge President Donald Trump lost the 2020 election to President Joe Biden in her Senate confirmation hearing for U.S. attorney general on Wednesday, intensifying Democratic concerns that the former Florida attorney general would be a rubber stamp for the White House.
WASHINGTON – Pam Bondi, President-elect Donald Trump’s choice to become ... Some of her lobbying, such as for the government of Qatar and a private prison company called GEO Group, prompted questions at her confirmation hearing 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.
IF THESE WERE “NORMAL” TIMES, Pam Bondi almost certainly would not be confirmed as attorney general. But these are far from normal times, and with her leading the Department of Justice under a re-elected Donald Trump, the times are likely to get a whole lot less normal.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump's pick to lead the Justice Department, Pam Bondi, faced questions on Capitol Hill Wednesday ... She registered as a foreign agent for the government of Qatar for work related to anti-human-trafficking efforts leading ...
Bondi was selected by Trump to lead the Justice Department after his first choice, former U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz, withdrew from consideration after a bombshell federal sex trafficking investigation
I believe that the Justice Department must be independent and must act independently. The number one job is to enforce the law fairly and even handedly, and that’s what will be done if I am confirmed as attorney general,
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.