During her Senate confirmation hearing, Bondi was asked by Louisiana GOP Sen. John Kennedy about notable figures in prison and the importance of removing “politicization” from the Department of justice.

Pam Bondi acknowledged in a government questionnaire that Brad Bondi’s legal work could pose a conflict of interest, and committed to handle matters ethically.

"We have heard the words weaponized, politicized again and again and again and Pam Bondi is agreeing with those things." "The suggestion that because the Justice Department charged Donald Trump with interfering in the January 6th in the election of 2020 and with retaining false documents,

Trump said Bondi would “refocus the DOJ to its intended purpose of fighting Crime, and Making America Safe Again” in her role as attorney general.

Padilla and Sen. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., are members of the Senate Judiciary Committee, which held a confirmation hearing on Bondi Wednesday. The hearings continue Thursday. Republicans control 53 of the Senate’s 100 seats, and GOP committee members praised Bondi, a former Florida attorney general, throughout the hearing.

Pam Bondi sought to allay the concerns of Democrats who said they feared Trump and his allies would use the Justice Department to target their political enemies.

Donald Trump's nominee to lead the Justice Department ducked questions about judicial independence, Trump's 2020 election loss, Jan. 6 pardons and more.

Democratic Sen. Richard Blumenthal said he was "deeply disturbed" by some of Bondi's responses during the hearing, particular her earlier not answering directly when asked whether Trump lost the 2020 election.

Pam Bondi, Donald Trump's choice for attorney general, survived an at times contentious hearing while declining to say if Joe Biden won the 2020 vote.

US attorney general designee Pam Bondi fended off onslaughts from California Sens. Adam Schiff and Alex Padilla at her confirmation hearing Wednesday, both of whom grilled her about President-elect Donald Trump.

Rubio appeared to be on a glide path to winning confirmation as secretary of state while Bondi looks poised to become the nation’s top law enforcement official.

Would Pam Bondi prosecute Jack Smith, Merrick Garland or Liz Cheney? The would-be attorney general refused to say.