Pam Bondi confirmed as Trump’s legal professional basic
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Pam Bondi has been confirmed to serve as President Donald Trump’s attorney general.
The 59-year-old was a prosecutor in Florida before becoming the state’s top law enforcement official.
She’s now set to lead the president’s efforts to reshape the Department of Justice. Bondi has served as a top surrogate for Trump and his efforts to refute the results of the 2020 election. She has criticized other prosecutors for charging the president with a variety of offenses. Bondi also defended Trump during his first impeachment trial, which came following allegations that he had withheld military aid to Ukraine as he urged President Volodymyr Zelensky to investigate former President Joe Biden.
Bondi will now take charge of the Justice Department at a time when the president has been alleging that his political rivals are guilty of crimes worthy of criminal prosecution as Democrats argue that she may enable Trump’s possible abuses of power.
Even before her confirmation, the Justice Department began changing its personnel, reassigning or firing large numbers of prosecutors, such as those who worked on Trump investigations.
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Source: independent.co.uk
