Washington – The Senate confirmed Pam Bondi as an attorney general on Tuesday and installed an important ally of President Trump to take the helm of the Ministry of Justice.
Bondi’s Nomination for attorney -general was approved by the Upper Chamber 54 to 46, with one democrat, Senator John Fetterman from Pennsylvania, who joined all Republicans to confirm her. She will take over as the best law enforcement officer of the nation, since Mr. Trump has promised to put an end to what he calls the armament of the Ministry of Justice and threatened to focus his critics.
During her confirmation hearing for the senate judge who earlier this month earlier this month, Bondi said that she would not “politicize” the department and said that “justice in this country will be managed evenly.”
“If confirmed, I will work to restore the trust and integrity of the Ministry of Justice and each of its components,” she said. “Under my watch, the partition, the armament, will have disappeared. America will have one level of justice for everyone.”
In the days since Mr. Trump started his second term of office, the Senate has worked to confirm his cabinet. The Gop-guided top room installed the top his National Security Team First and now it is about the remaining nominees to approve that federal departments will lead.
The appointment of Bondi was first approved by the Senate judge committee in a 12-10 party-line vote before it was considered by the upper room.
As an attorney general, Bondi will supervise a vast department with numerous law enforcement components, including the FBI and the Bureau for Alcohol, Tobacco, firearms and explosives. Both agencies have often been the target of attacks by Mr Trump. The president Select another tail defenderKash Patel, to lead the FBI.
Bondi will also have the authority to investigate the federal probes involving Mr Trump who were under the supervision of former special counselor Jack Smith. Blacksmith Named from the role Before the president returned to function, and the Two Brought against Mr. Trump were rejected Due to the long -term policy of the Ministry of Justice that excludes the prosecution of a sitting president.
Now, with Mr Trump back in the White House, his administration has supervised the expulsion of certain employees of the Ministry of Justice. Acting attorney -general James Mchenry, selected by the president to temporarily lead the department, about a dozen shots Employees of the Ministry of Justice who worked for Smith because “he did not believe these officials could be trusted to implement the agenda of the President Trouw because of their important role in prosecuting the president,” said a ministry of Justice for the Ministry of Justice .
And department leadership led the acting American lawyer in Washington, DC, Edward Martin, Terminate public prosecutors who have investigated January 6, 2021, attack on the American Capitol, according to a memo of 31 January, assessed by CBS News.
On the FBI, a part of the Ministry of Justice, the acting deputy attorney -General General The acting head of the agency ordered a list of all current and former FBI employees who were assigned to the investigation into the attack From 6 January for assessment to “determine whether additional personnel actions are necessary”, according to a memo assessed by CBS News.
FBI -SUPERVisors have that too Received questionnaires For certain agents in their field offices who contain questions about their possible work in the cases of 6 January, such as whether they participated in a search, if they have made arrests or have been testified in court.
Bondi has previously suggested that the public prosecutors of the Ministry of Justice involved in the affairs against Mr Trump would have their own investigation and have repeated the president’s claim that there is a so -called deep state of career of the career Works to undermine it.
“The Ministry of Justice, the prosecutors will be prosecuted, the bad Fox News after being sued in 2023.
Bondi takes the helm from the Ministry of Justice without the federal persecution that its predecessors have had. She served two terms such as the Attorney General of Florida, in which her office led that lawsuits challenge the affordable care act and the immigration policy of former President Barack Obama.
After leaving the office in 2019, she worked as a lawyer and lobbyist for Ballard Partners, a company in Florida. During her tenure there she represented companies, including General Motors, Amazon and Uber, and lobbyed on behalf of the Qatarese government, according to registration forms submitted to the federal government.
Bondi left her post shortly with Ballard Partners to serve As a member of Mr Trump’s defense team during the first set of accusation procedures that were pursued by Congresdemocrats in his first term. She defended Mr Trump’s call in July 2019 with President Volodymyr Zenskyy van Ukraine, in which he put pressure on Zolensky to investigate former President Biden.
Mr. Trump was accused by the house led by the Democrat and was the third US president to be accused, and was acquitted by the Senate led by the Republicans after a trial, in which Bondi was part of the team of Mr Trump.
She also led to legal efforts after the 2020 elections to challenge the results in Pennsylvania and falsely claimed Mr Trump won the battlefield. Bondi told the Senate Judges Committee During her confirmation hearing, she accepts the results of the elections.
Mr. Trump selected Bondi for Attorney General after his first choice, former Rep. Matt Gaetz from Florida, withdrew his name of consideration. Gaetz Was investigated Through the house Ethics Committee for alleged sexual misconduct and illegal drug use, and he denied misconduct.