Pam Bondi, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for attorney general, testifies at a confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., Trump's choice for secretary of state, will appear in front of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Rubio, a three-term senator with foreign policy experience, is likely to get a friendly reception from his Senate colleagues.
The Trump team is now looking ahead to today's hearings and hoping Rubio can get Democratic support. They’re hoping Rubio gains Democratic votes beyond just that of Sen. John Fetterman, D-Penn., so they can point to “bipartisan support" for Trump’s secretary of state pick. Bondi helped spread false claims about the 2020 election and she also suggested that Biden administration officials, members of Congress and political opponents of Trump have engaged in criminal behavior.
“I think that will be the closest hearing that’s a lovefest of any of the confirmation hearings,” Sen.
Bondi, the first woman to serve in the post, spent eight years as Florida’s top law enforcement official, prioritizing issues such as curbing drug abuse, advocating against human trafficking and
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