Attorney general nominee Pam Bondi faced heated questions from Democratic senators Wednesday in her confirmation hearing as they scrutinized her loyalty to President-elect Donald Trump and demanded she address his 2020 election loss.
Bondi, a staunch Trump ally, sought to strike a balance between insisting she would operate independently of the incoming president while carefully avoiding comments that could irk him. Trump soured on his last two attorneys general in his first term after they bucked his demands.
“I believe that the Justice Department must be independent and must act independently,” Bondi said, adding that “politics will not play a part.”
She received a warm welcome from the Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee, while Democrats were largely skeptical despite her efforts to charm them.
