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WASHINGTON (NewsNation) — Pam Bondi, President-elect Donald Trump's pick for U.S. lawyer general, volition look questions earlier the Senate Judiciary Committee connected Wednesday.
She is expected to look pugnacious questions astir her loyalty to Trump, who has pledged to usage the Department of Justice to people his perceived governmental enemies.
Bondi, a erstwhile Florida lawyer general, volition apt beryllium 1 of the astir intimately watched Cabinet members arsenic Democrats explicit concerns that Trump whitethorn effort to crook the DOJ to his will.
Bondi's proceeding is scheduled to statesman astatine 9:30 a.m. ET. Senate hearings are scheduled this week for Trump's picks for much than a twelve apical administrative positions.
Who is Pam Bondi?
Bondi was a authoritative for astir 2 decades successful the Hillsborough County State Attorney’s Office earlier becoming Florida’s archetypal pistillate lawyer wide successful 2010.
She served arsenic Florida’s lawyer wide for 8 years. She campaigned for the state’s apical ineligible bureau by challenging then-President Barack Obama’s signature wellness attraction instrumentality and calling for her authorities to follow Arizona’s controversial “show maine your papers” migration law.
As lawyer wide successful Florida from 2011 to 2019, Bondi was vocal connected quality trafficking issues and urged tightening authorities laws against traffickers. After that, she worked arsenic a lobbyist for Ballard Partners.
In addition, Bondi represented KGL Investment Company KSCC, a Kuwaiti steadfast besides known arsenic KGLI. She lobbied the White House, National Security Council, State Department and Congress connected migration policy, quality rights and economical sanctions issues, the Associated Press reported.
Sources archer NewsNation that Bondi is trusted by Trump and that she spends clip astatine his Mar-a-Lago property successful Florida.
Bondi was a elder advisor connected Trump’s archetypal impeachment defence squad erstwhile helium was accused successful 2020 of maltreatment of powerfulness for allegedly pressuring the president of Ukraine to analyse his Democratic rivals. Trump was yet not convicted.
NewsNation analogous Brooke Shafer contributed to this report.
