Donald Trump's choice to lead the FBI compiled a list of "executive branch deep state" members in his book "Government Gangsters."
Senate Democrats have postponed the consideration of President Donald Trump’s choice for U.S. attorney general, Pam Bondi, by at least one week. The Judiciary Committee announced on Tuesday that it had canceled its scheduled hearing on Wednesday when members would have had the opportunity to vote to move Bondi’s nomination to the entire Senate.
Patel, who has been named FBI director, included a list of the government’s supposed “enemies” in his 2023 book.
Ms Bondi’s rise has brought her far from Temple Terrace, the city where she grew up on Florida’s Gulf Coast. Her father, a teacher, was the mayor. While an undergraduate at the University of Florida she considered becoming a paediatrician. But she went to law school, and an internship at the state prosecutor’s office in Tampa sealed the deal.
Attorney general nominee Pam Bondi dodged a question from Sen ... Bondi went on to defend Trump’s controversial pick to lead the FBI, Kash Patel, but said she would not have an “enemies list” at the DOJ. However, she still pointed to the prosecutions ...
Sheldon Whitehouse at her first confirmation hearing to serve as Donald Trump's attorney general, Pam Bondi said she would ... during the early days of the FBI's Trump-Russia probe.
During her Senate confirmation hearing, Bondi was asked by Louisiana GOP Sen. John Kennedy about notable figures in prison and the importance of removing “politicization” from the Department of justice.
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 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.
US attorney general designee Pam Bondi fended off onslaughts from California Sens. Adam Schiff and Alex Padilla at her confirmation hearing Wednesday, both of whom grilled her about President-elect Donald Trump.
President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for attorney general, former Florida attorney general Pam Bondi (R), is testifying Wednesday in her first of two scheduled confirmation hearings. While Bondi isn’t considered among the Trump nominees that the Republican-majority Senate is likely to reject, her testimony is being closely watched.
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.