After more than a decade of defending Trump, Pam Bondi is now the president-elect's nominee to be the country's top prosecutor and reform the Department of Justice.
Peter Charalambous and Alexander MallinPam Bondi has developed a reputation as one of President-elect Donald Trump's most loyal defenders -- a vocal political and legal advocate who represented Trump during his first impeachment, boosted his efforts to sow doubts about his 2020 election loss, and stood by him during his New York criminal trial.
On Wednesday, Bondi will kick off two days of hearings to secure confirmation as the next attorney general, as lawmakers prepare to question her over her extensive legal, political and lobbying background -- and whether her longtime loyalty to Trump will impact her oversight of the nation's top law enforcement agencies.
In his announcement, Trump touted Bondi's work combating the trafficking of fentanyl and reducing overdose deaths. Bondi's office sued multiple drug manufacturers as well as pharmacy chains Walgreens and CVS for their role in the opioid crisis, alleging the companies worked together to increase the supply and demand for the drugs while downplaying the risk of addiction. Her office claimed that efforts to shut down pill mills led to a 52% decline in oxycodone deaths statewide.
Both Trump and Bondi have denied that the donation was related to the lawsuit. The Trump Foundation eventually paid a $2,500 penalty to the IRS for improperly reporting the donation. Hired by the Trump administration in November 2019 during his first impeachment, Bondi used her role to raise doubts about then-Vice President Joe Biden's son Hunter Biden's role with the Ukrainian natural gas company Burisma, alleging it was a conflict of interest with his father's position in the Obama administration.
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