Washington – The US Senate on Tuesday evening confirmed Florida’s prosecutor, Pam Bondi, as Attorney General of the United States under President Donald Trump.
Senators were right 54-46 In order to install the former Attorney General in Florida at the head of the US Ministry of Justice, an agency Trump in his crosshairs has targeted his actions after his actions after his loss in the 2020 presidential election.
The democratic senator John Fetterman from Pennsylvania voted for the confirmation of Bondi.
Bondi easily obtained the support of the Senate Committee for the Justice, which was conducted by Republicans, which she brought to a glide path. The committee separated in party lines on Wednesday Advance payment you to a complete coordination.
Grassley support
“I am disappointed that none of my democratic colleagues voted in the Justice Committee for Ms. Bondi, and I hope said On Monday on the floor.
“If my colleagues will not cross the gear for this qualified candidate, they will show that they intend to select the opposing president Trump for purely party -political reasons,” said Grassley.
The majority leader of the Senate, John Thune, said on Tuesday that the Americans “lost” the belief in the Ministry of Justice.
“Pam Bondi has promised to bring the department back to its core mission: to protect crimes and the protection of Americans from threats to their security and freedoms”, the Republican of South Dakota said Tuesday afternoon on the
“Real concern” from Whitehouse
The Democrats spoke out against Bondi before the confirmation vote and emphasized Bondi’s indirect response to members of the Democratic Committee. Questions About who won the 2020 election.
Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, a Democrat of Rhode Island in the Justice Committee, said on Tuesday that Bondi’s answers would have reason to “real problem” during her hearing.
“She said many of the right things about the independence of the department and the rule of law. What I could not overcome was how things changed when she got a topic that would have been sensitive to Donald Trump, which would have made Donald Trump twitching, ”said Whitehouse on the floor.
“She couldn’t say obvious things like:” Has President Biden won the 2020 elections? “This is a simple answer:” Yes, he did it, Sir or Ma’am. “Super. If she can’t say that, that’s a sign,” continued Whitehouse.
The former president was charged with the Ministry of Justice after Trump won the election and cited a long -term policy to pursue non -sitting presidents.
Trump’s preliminary US lawyer in the southern district in Florida last week dropped The classified documents against Trumps both co -accused.
Trump has fired A round of officials from the Ministry of Justice who were involved in both the persecution involved In the law enforcement of those who were charged on January 6, 2021 after the violent attack on the US Capitol.
On his first night in office, Trump granted all almost 1,600 defendants who were charged with the attack.
Last updated 9:03 a.m., February 4, 2025
