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Hours after his first pick to run the nation’s top law enforcement agency dropped out, President-elect Donald Trump named former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi as his new choice to run the Justice Department.
Pam Bondi served as Florida’s first female attorney general between 2011 and 2019.
Pam Bondi worked for nearly two decades as prosecutor, handling a wide array of cases and developing a strong background in criminal law.
Bondi served as a member of Trump’s legal team during his first Senate impeachment trial, pushed to delegitimize voting in the swing state of Pennsylvania at the 2020 election, showed up to support Trump during his hush money trial in New York, and helped lead the legal arm of the America First Policy Institute, a think-tank formed by former Trump staffers.
President Elect Donald Trump said in a post on his Truth Social platform “For too long, the partisan Department of Justice has been weaponized against me and other Republicans – Not anymore. Pam will refocus the DOJ to its intended purpose of fighting Crime, and Making America Safe Again. I have known Pam for many years — She is smart and tough, and is an AMERICA FIRST Fighter, who will do a terrific job as Attorney General!”
Pam Bondi has close ties with others in Donald Trump’s orbit, including his incoming chief of staff Susie Wiles and his legal counsel Boris Epshteyn. Donald Trump met in person with Pam Bondi at Mar-a-Lago before officially offering her the job.
Pam Bondi’s selection will be subject to Senate approval once she is formally nominated, but allies of the president-elect Donald Trump swiftly expressed relief at the pick.
As of Thursday evening, there was a broad feeling among those working on the president-elect’s transition that Bondi would have a much easier confirmation process than Gaetz, given her background as the attorney general of Florida and her relationships with those on Capitol Hill.
One person close to Donald Trump called Bondi “a solid choice” and said they “feel much better about her chances.”
Pam Bondi has been working in the White House as a legal advisor and defending the president-elect during his first Senate impeachment trial. She is also listed as the chair for the Center for Litigation at the pro-Trump think tank America First Policy Institute, where she has helped lead some of their work against the so-called “weaponization” of the Justice Department.
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