During Wednesday's tense Senate confirmation hearing for Attorney General nominee Pam Bondi, Bondi repeatedly declined to say if she would investigate Special Counsel Jack Smith and former Congresswoman Liz Cheney.
Pam Bondi, President-elect Donald Trump's choice to lead the Justice Department as attorney general, listens during her confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill on Wednesday. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post) The best thing about Pam Bondi is that she’s not Matt Gaetz,
Pam Bondi, Donald Trump’s nominee for the next U.S. attorney general, refused to give a basic yes or no answer, during her confirmation hearing Wednesday, regarding her views on birthright citizenship, which is etched into the Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution.
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.
Democratic senators push Trump’s pick for attorney general to declare her independence from the president-elect
WASHINGTON - Donald Trump’s choice for attorney general, Ms Pam Bondi, vowed on Jan 15 not to use the US Justice Department to target people based on their politics, but dodged direct questions about investigating people scorned by the president-elect.
RELATED: Pam Bondi faces questions on loyalty to Trump ... and openness to investigate Special Counsel Jack Smith prompted skepticism from Democratic members of the committee.
Donald Trump's attorney general nominee, Pam Bondi, faced intense scrutiny from Senate Democrats during her confirmation hearing.
In her first confirmation hearing Wednesday, President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for attorney general, Pam Bondi ... counsel Jack Smith and former Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., Bondi refused ...
Top House Democrats say that the way in which Jack Smith's staffers were fired "very likely violated longstanding federal laws."
President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to lead the Justice Department, Pam Bondi, was approved in a party-line vote by the Senate Judiciary Committee.