Former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi faced intense questioning during her Senate confirmation hearing for Attorney General, particularly about whether she would prosecute President-elect Donald Trump's political rivals. Bondi repeatedly defended Trump, stating that no one would be prosecuted based on political affiliation. She also claimed that she hadn't listened to Trump's controversial phone call with Georgia officials in 2020, during which he urged them to 'find' enough votes to overturn the election results.
Pam Bondi, President-elect Donald Trump 's choice to lead the Justice Department as attorney general , appears before the Senate Judiciary Committee for her confirmation hearing, at the Capitol on Jan. 15, 2025.
In sometimes fiery exchanges, former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi fielded questions during a Senate confirmation hearing for her attorney general nomination about whether she would prosecute President-elect Donald Trump’s declared political enemies.that Trump won Pennsylvania in 2020. The two spoke over each other as Padilla pushed for a"yes-or-no" response and Bondi tried to answer differently. Eventually Bondi told the senator she was"not going to be bullied."., also had a separate hearing the same day. Rubio called on the U.S. not to rely on China for supply chains, in line withBondi repeats Trump line that Biden’s Justice Department targets political opponents"No one will be prosecuted, investigated because they are a political opponent," Bondi said."That's what we've seen for the last four years in this administration."Trump was charged twice in federal court and separately in Manhattan and Fulton County, Georgia. In the Manhattan case, a unanimous jury found Trump guilty in May 2024 of all 34 counts of falsifying business records in an alleged scheme to cover up a hush money payment to adult film actor Stormy Daniels before the 2016 presidential election. The other three cases were dropped or put on hold after Trump won the 2024 election. Bondi said she had ‘not listened’ to Trump’s call with Georgia officials to ‘find’ him votes in 2020 election Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., questioned Bondi about Trump’s Jan. 2, 2021, phone call with Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger. Durbin asked whether Bondi was concerned that Trump called an election official and asked him to find enough votes to change the election results. Bondi responded that she has"not listened to the hourlong conversation, but it's my understanding that is not what he asked him to do." In the call, Trump asked Georgia officials to investigate his unfounded allegations about 2020 election fraud. Many of his directives involved a quest to"find" enough ballots to put him in the winning column. Trump framed his requests to state officials as a mission to ferret out criminal wrongdoing. "You can’t let it happen, and you are letting it happen," Trump said."You know, I mean, I’m notifying you that you’re letting it happen. So, look. All I want to do is this. I just want to find 11,780 votes, which is one more than we have because we won the state."Trump’s false claims that the 2020 election was stolen, if she was willing to say Trump lost. Bondi first dodged the question then claimed there was a peaceful transfer of power in 2021. " was duly sworn in, and he is the president of the United States," she said."There was a peaceful transition of power."have been charged in federal court related to the riot, with charges including obstruction of law enforcement; violence with a deadly weapon; assault; disorderly conduct; and unlawful possession of firearms.As Sen. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., asked Bondi whether she would investigate Trump’s political enemies, Bondi shot back, saying,"You know what we should be worried about? The crime rate in California right now is through the roof. Your robberies are 87% higher than the national average, that's what I want to be focused on senator."However, California had rates lower than the national average for homicide and for rape. The state was above the national average for aggravated assault, the fourth type of crime the FBI categorizes as violent. Photo shows President Joe Biden lounging on the beach"while towns all over America were being wiped out” by Hurricane Helene. Sen. JD Vance admitted he has a ‘rent-a-dog’ from the Trump campaign to make him “seem like a dog person.” “After 30 years of Wisconsin's checking account running a deficit, we've ended every fiscal year I've been governor with a positive balance. Today, we have a $4.5 billion positive balance, and a record-high balance in our state savings account." “Oregon sent 60 fire trucks to California to help with the fires, but they’re being held in Sacramento for emissions testing.”
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