{"id":2398972,"date":"2025-02-04T20:13:01","date_gmt":"2025-02-05T01:13:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-confirms-pam-bondi-as-trump-attorney-general-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-02-04T20:14:22","modified_gmt":"2025-02-05T01:14:22","slug":"senate-confirms-pam-bondi-as-trump-attorney-general-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-confirms-pam-bondi-as-trump-attorney-general-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Senate confirms Pam Bondi as Trump attorney general &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsenate-confirms-pam-bondi-as-trump-attorney-general-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2398972&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Teh Senate has\u2064 confirmed Pam\u2063 Bondi \u2062as the new Attorney General with a vote of 54-46,allowing\u200b her to take \u2064charge \u200bof the Justice Department during a significant shift\u2064 in priorities that align with \u200bPresident Donald Trump&#8217;s agenda. All Republican senators supported her confirmation,\u200c while nearly all Democrats opposed it, revealing a \u2062sharp divide over her loyalty\u2063 to Trump. Bondi, \u2064who previously \u2062served as Florida&#8217;s first female attorney general, \u200dhas a history of\u200b supporting \u200cTrump, including\u200c during his impeachment and on claims about the 2020 election.<\/p>\n<p>During her confirmation hearing,\u200c Bondi\u2063 emphasized the importance of the\u200b Justice Department&#8217;s independence, stating that politics would\u2064 not influence \u200bher\u2062 decisions.Despite this, concerns were \u2063raised by Democrats about her ability to\u2064 say\u200c no to Trump, especially \u200bconsidering recent \u2063personnel changes in the Justice Department and FBI\u200d that\u200c have created unease among employees.<\/p>\n<p>Bondi&#8217;s confirmation makes her\u200c the 11th member of Trump&#8217;s \u2062Cabinet approved\u2063 by the Senate, contrasting with othre nominees \u2063who received bipartisan support. Her \u200cappointment comes amid ongoing scrutiny of the Justice\u200d Department&#8217;s \u200cfocus\u200b and internal investigations \u2064related\u2062 to the January 6 \u200bevents. A spokesperson announced that\u200b she will be sworn\u2062 in shortly after\u2062 her confirmation.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Senate confirms Pam Bondi as attorney general, installing Trump ally at top of DOJ<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1936064\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>The Senate voted 54&ndash;46 on Tuesday to confirm <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/pam-bondi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Pam Bondi\">Pam Bondi<\/a>, who will now take the helm of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/justice-department\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Justice Department\">Justice Department<\/a> at a time when it is dramatically shifting priorities to align with President Donald Trump&rsquo;s agenda and while the FBI is in a state of unease over recent, sweeping <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3310260\/fbi-agents-await-their-fate-jan-6-questionnaire\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">personnel actions<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>All Republicans voted in favor of her confirmation, while all but one Democrat voted against it, underscoring the divided views on Bondi&rsquo;s fierce loyalty to Trump and the changes already taking shape at the DOJ. Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) was the lone Democrat to support Bondi.<\/p>\n<p>Ahead of the vote, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-IA) urged his Democratic colleagues to support her, citing how many Republicans supported former Attorney General Merrick Garland&rsquo;s nomination.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;There&rsquo;s no doubt that Ms. Bondi is highly qualified. In Committee, several of my Democratic colleagues even acknowledged as much,&rdquo; Grassley said. &ldquo;She&rsquo;s qualified for the job, and she represents mainstream views shared by at least the 77 million Americans who voted for change on November 5th.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Bondi was a state prosecutor for two decades before becoming Florida&rsquo;s first female attorney general in 2010. She endorsed Trump in his 2016 presidential election and defended him in his first impeachment case. She also vouched for some of Trump&rsquo;s false claims about the 2020 election during an appearance in Pennsylvania, alongside his then-attorney Rudy Giuliani.<\/p>\n<p>Senate Democrats repeatedly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3288411\/takeaways-pam-bondi-confirmation-hearing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">pressed<\/a> Bondi during her confirmation hearing about her views on the 2020 election, and she asserted that Joe Biden won, despite alluding to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/eight-takeaways-from-pam-bondis-confirmation-hearing-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Eight takeaways from Pam ...\u2019s ... - Washington Examiner\">unspecified election integrity concerns<\/a> in Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n<p>Bondi also vowed to work independently of Trump in the face of Democrats grilling her on whether she was capable of telling the president &ldquo;no.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I believe that the Justice Department must be independent and must act independently,&rdquo; Bondi said at her hearing, adding that &ldquo;politics will not play a part.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Her confirmation comes as the DOJ&rsquo;s acting department heads have already made dramatic adjustments internally, lurching the department&rsquo;s focus toward immigration enforcement, freezing activity in the Civil Rights Division, and opening rare internal inquiries into the DOJ&rsquo;s wide-ranging Jan. 6 investigation and the thousands of employees who worked on it.<\/p>\n<p>FBI employees, meanwhile, have been rattled by the DOJ&rsquo;s acting No. 2 head, Emil Bove, ousting eight of the most senior employees at the bureau and demanding names by Tuesday of the thousands of employees who interacted with Jan. 6 cases.<\/p>\n<p>Committee ranking member Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) cited Bondi&rsquo;s close alliance with Trump and the recent upheaval at the department as reasons to vote against her.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I have serious doubts about her willingness to really say no to this president,&rdquo; Durbin said ahead of the vote. &ldquo;This concern is even more pressing because, over the last 16 days, the Trump administration has purged dozens of <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">senior career law enforcement officials<\/a> at the Department of Justice and at the FBI.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>A spokesman for Bondi told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> she will be sworn in on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Bondi is the 11th member of Trump&rsquo;s Cabinet to be confirmed. Unlike the incoming attorney general, some of the president&rsquo;s other nominees, such as Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Secretary of Treasury Scott Bessent, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-confirms-doug-collins-as-veterans-affairs-secretary\/\" title=\"Senate Confirms Doug Collins As Veterans Affairs Secretary\">enjoyed widespread bipartisan support<\/a> for their confirmations.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth was narrowly confirmed despite intense opposition from Democrats. Forthcoming votes for Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Tulsi Gabbard, Trump&rsquo;s respective nominees to serve as health and human services secretary and the director of national intelligence, are expected to be similarly partisan.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1936064\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1936064\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senate confirms Pam Bondi as attorney general, aligning DOJ with Trump<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":49,"featured_media":2398973,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GettyImages-2193456909.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[32116,45476,3740,3634,32076],"class_list":["post-2398972","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-attorney-general","tag-pam-bondi","tag-senate","tag-trump","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GettyImages-2193456909.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2398972","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/49"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2398972"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2398972\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2398976,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2398972\/revisions\/2398976"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2398973"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2398972"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2398972"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2398972"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}