{"id":2399198,"date":"2025-02-05T11:38:02","date_gmt":"2025-02-05T16:38:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-confirms-bondi-as-the-next-u-s-attorney-general\/"},"modified":"2025-02-05T11:38:55","modified_gmt":"2025-02-05T16:38:55","slug":"senate-confirms-bondi-as-the-next-u-s-attorney-general","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-confirms-bondi-as-the-next-u-s-attorney-general\/","title":{"rendered":"Senate Confirms Bondi As The Next U.S. Attorney General"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/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-bondi-as-the-next-u-s-attorney-general%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=2399198&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>The Senate has confirmed Pamela Bondi as the next United States attorney General with a vote of 54-46.\u2064 All Republicans, along with one \u2064Democrat, supported her confirmation. Bondi, a former Florida Attorney\u200b General, is\u2064 recognized for her efforts against opioid\u2063 pill mills, human trafficking, and organized crime. President Donald \u2062Trump praised her as \u201csmart and tough,\u201d indicating she will realign the Department of Justice (DOJ) to focus \u2063on crime prevention. <\/p>\n<p>In\u2064 her new role, Bondi is expected to \u200daddress issues like federal law \u200denforcement \u200creform,\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-candidate-ingrid-centurion-slams-nancy-mace-for-turning-her-back-on-trump\/\" title=\"Exclusive: Candidate Ingrid Centurion Slams Nancy Mace for Turning \u2018Her Back on ...\u2019\">immigration law enforcement<\/a>, and antitrust actions against\u2062 Big Tech.\u200c During \u2063her confirmation\u200c hearing, she committed \u2063to \u200brestoring \u2064integrity to \u200cthe \u2063DOJ, ensuring that all cases would be prosecuted fairly without political influence. Notably,a\u2063 group\u200c of state\u200c attorneys general endorsed her \u200cfor her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/failed-democratic-politicians-poised-to-receive-second-chance-jobs-in-biden-administration\/\" title=\"Former ...ic politicians who were unsuccessful in their previous endeavors are now in line to secure new ...s within the Biden administration\">extensive legal \u2064experience<\/a> and\u2063 dedication to upholding the rule \u200bof law. 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The former Florida attorney general earned a <a href=\"https:\/\/americafirstpolicy.com\/issues\/america-first-nomination-pam-bondi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reputation<\/a> for fighting opioid &ldquo;pill mills,&rdquo; human trafficking, and organized crime. Trump said when he <a href=\"https:\/\/djt.nucleusemail.com\/amplify\/v\/JuRarfnZbR?hids=l4ApSLxboo&amp;_nlid=tfv7YkFUaU&amp;_nhids=l4ApSLxboo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">tapped<\/a> Bondi for the role of United States attorney general that &ldquo;she is smart and tough&rdquo; and &ldquo;will refocus the DOJ to its intended purpose of fighting crime.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2 d-flex justify-content-center\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; \" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-628409712\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1463670073398-0\" class=\"mb-30\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&ldquo;Congratulations to our wonderful and very talented United States Attorney General, Pam Bondi, who gets sworn in today amid tremendous support, and the respect of ALL,&rdquo; President Donald Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/113950912959049223\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">wrote<\/a> Wednesday on Truth Social. &ldquo;I know Pam well, it was an honor to appoint her, and my prediction is that she will go down as one of the best and most consequential Attorney Generals in the history of our Country.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Bondi will likely play an instrumental role in Trump&rsquo;s reform of federal law enforcement. If Congress confirms Trump&rsquo;s FBI director nominee <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/12\/19\/ig-report-reveals-fbi-could-still-be-spying-on-congress-and-leaking-to-help-democrats\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Kash Patel<\/a>, the duo will be tasked with de-weaponizing an apparatus that, for far too long, has <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/01\/30\/dems-worry-kash-patel-could-weaponize-fbi-against-political-enemies-like-they-did\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">targeted<\/a> conservatives &mdash;&nbsp; from Trump, to non-violent Jan. 6 protestors, to a <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/11\/27\/biden-doj-seeks-to-gag-texas-doctor-who-blew-whistle-on-child-trans-surgeries\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">whistleblower<\/a> who exposed child transgender mutilations.<\/p>\n<p>Bondi&rsquo;s office will also face issues like enforcing immigration law, executing <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/12\/06\/gail-slater-is-the-perfect-pick-to-lead-the-trump-dojs-fight-against-big-tech\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">antitrust<\/a> laws against Big Tech, and ensuring <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/02\/03\/trumps-executive-orders-are-only-the-first-step-in-defeating-dei\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">equal<\/a> treatment of citizens by federal agencies. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"> <span class=\"QquaMw9jCbi5HbToYOywe23RqLNyakWZ7vEiX9Ffgt6CKTd0xUIsScJAhQm8gHemczAGn\"><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Our new Attorney General: &#8220;My overriding objective will be to return the Dept of Justice to its core mission of keeping Americans safe and vigorously prosecuting criminals. I will do everything in my power to MAKE AMERICA SAFE AGAIN!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Congratulations <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PamBondi?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@PamBondi<\/a>!! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/maevKh86KU\">pic.twitter.com\/maevKh86KU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/libsoftiktok\/status\/1886943315246842137?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 5, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/span> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>During Bondi&rsquo;s first confirmation hearing, Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/01\/15\/grassley-calls-on-bondi-to-ensure-political-weaponization-of-the-doj-never-happens-again\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">bashed<\/a> the political weaponization of America&rsquo;s justice system against Americans over the last decade and called on Bondi to ensure such conduct &ldquo;never happens again,&rdquo; as The Federalist has reported.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, throughout the hearing, Bondi repeatedly <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/01\/16\/republicans-need-a-forceful-answer-to-democrats-deceptive-questions-on-the-2020-election\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">pushed back<\/a> on Democrat senators&rsquo; &ldquo;concerns&rdquo; about Trump potentially <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/01\/16\/doj-official-who-led-russiagate-investigation-warns-bondi-to-avoid-weaponization\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">weaponizing<\/a> the DOJ, despite the Biden and Obama administrations doing just that. <\/p>\n<p>Bondi <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/01\/15\/grassley-calls-on-bondi-to-ensure-political-weaponization-of-the-doj-never-happens-again\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">affirmed<\/a> that &ldquo;it is the job of the Attorney General to follow the law,&rdquo; and vowed that, if confirmed to the role, &ldquo;it will be my job to not only keep America safe, but restore integrity&rdquo; to the Justice Department. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Every case will be prosecuted based on the facts and the law that is applied in good faith,&rdquo; she said. &ldquo;Politics have got to be taken out of the system. This department has been weaponized for years, and years, and years.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>A group of 30 then-&ldquo;current and future&rdquo; state attorneys general <a href=\"https:\/\/www.myfloridalegal.com\/sites\/default\/files\/2024-12\/bondi-letter-12.03.24.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">urged<\/a> Senate leadership to confirm Bondi in a December letter.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;She will bring to the office a unique combination of civil and criminal experience and a tenacious work ethic,&rdquo; the letter reads. &ldquo;Most importantly, she will bring a steadfast and unwavering commitment to the rule of law.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">\n<div class=\"article-author-description fst-italic\">      Logan Washburn is a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">staff writer covering election integrity<\/a>. He is a spring 2025 fellow of The College Fix. He graduated from Hillsdale College, served as Christopher Rufo&#8217;s editorial assistant, and has bylines in The Wall Street Journal, The Tennessean, and The Daily Caller. Logan is from Central Oregon but now lives in rural Michigan.<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-author mt-30 mt-sm-60 pt-30 bdr-top-bold-black\">\n<div class=\"row g-0 align-items-center\">\n<div class=\"col-12 col-md-6\">\n<div class=\"article-author-profile d-flex align-items-center justify-content-center justify-content-md-start\">\n<div class=\"article-author-details\">\n<div class=\"label-md\">Logan Washburn<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-12 col-md-6 d-flex justify-content-center justify-content-md-end mt-15 mt-md-0\">        <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/author\/logan-washburn\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">More Articles<\/a>     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"article-tags bdr-top-black mt-30 mt-sm-60 pt-15 pt-md-45\">\n<ul class=\"list-unstyled d-flex flex-wrap align-items-center mb-0 mx-n10 p-0\">\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/attorney-general-pam-bondi\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">Attorney General Pam Bondi<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/confirm\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">confirm<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/confirmation\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">confirmation<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/grassley\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">Grassley<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/kash-patel\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">Kash Patel<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/pam-bondi\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">Pam Bondi<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/republican\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">Republican<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/senate\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">Senate<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/senate-confirmation\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">Senate confirmation<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/trump\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">Trump<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/vote\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">vote<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Senate has confirmed Pamela Bondi as the new U.S. attorney general with a 54-46 vote<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":507,"featured_media":2399199,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Bondi-1024x533.png","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[45543,16629,5894,3740,49867],"class_list":["post-2399198","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-bondi","tag-confirmation","tag-politics","tag-senate","tag-u-s-attorney-general"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Bondi-1024x533.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2399198","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\/507"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2399198"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2399198\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2399202,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2399198\/revisions\/2399202"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2399199"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2399198"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2399198"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2399198"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}