Who is Pam Bondi, Trump’s new nominee for US attorney general?
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Tapped to lead the Justice Department, Bondi is a former Florida attorney general and longtime Trump supporter.
United States President-elect Donald Trump has picked another loyalist to be the next attorney general after his first choice, firebrand former Congressman Matt Gaetz, withdrew from contention after days of controversy.
Trump announced on Thursday that he was nominating Pam Bondi, a former Florida attorney general, to be the country’s next top federal prosecutor.
“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,” he said in a social media post.
He made the appointment after Gaetz’s nomination drew criticism from lawmakers in both major US political parties.
The Florida Republican has been the subject of a House of Representatives Ethics Committee investigation into illegal activities, including allegations he had sex with an underage 17-year-old girl. He has denied wrongdoing.
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