Attorney general nominee Pam Bondi faced questions about Trump and Kash Patel at her hearing, but didn't appear to lose any support from Senate Republicans.
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.
Donald Trump's nominee to lead the Justice Department ducked questions about judicial independence, Trump's 2020 election loss, Jan. 6 pardons and more.
Does the prospective attorney general nominee simply not keep up on the news, or were her confirmation hearing answers less than truthful?
Sens. Alex Padilla and Adam Schiff engaged in fierce verbal combat Wednesday with Attorney General-designate Pam Bondi, as they fought over her views on the 2020 elections, immigration and presidential pardons. At one point, a frustrated Bondi told Schiff “You were censured by Congress for comments just like this that are so reckless.”
Pam Bondi, Donald Trump's choice for attorney general, survived an at times contentious hearing while declining to say if Joe Biden won the 2020 vote.
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.
Here are five key takeaways from the first day of Bondi’s 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 Trump’s enemies with the president-elect.
Sen. Dick Durbin expressed doubts about U.S. Attorney General nominee Pam Bondi in a series of posts on X Friday morning.
Senate Democrats grilled Bondi about past comments she made about fraud in the 2020 election. She refused to say whether Biden had "won" the election.
Bondi, 59, the former two-time attorney general of Florida who Trump has tapped to lead the Department of Justice, arrived at her Senate confirmation hearing with her fiancé and family in tow.