During Wednesday's tense Senate confirmation hearing for Attorney General nominee Pam Bondi, Bondi repeatedly declined to say if she would investigate Special Counsel Jack Smith and former Congresswoman Liz Cheney.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Republican-led U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday advanced President Donald Trump's attorney general nominee Pam Bondi, paving the way for the full Senate to vote to confirm the former Florida attorney general as soon as this week.

Sparks flew on Wednesday when Attorney General nominee Pam Bondi tangled with Sen. Adam Schiff, who demanded to know if she would open an investigation into President-elect Donald Trump’s political opponents and whether she believes Mr.

Here are five key takeaways from the first day of Bondi’s confirmation hearing: Accusing President Joe Biden of coordinating political prosecutions, Bondi said that she would only bring cases based on “facts and law” and said she has not discussed starting investigations of Trump’s enemies with the president-elect.

Pam Bondi, President-elect Donald Trump's choice to lead the Justice Department as attorney general, listens during her confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill on Wednesday. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post) The best thing about Pam Bondi is that she’s not Matt Gaetz,

Former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi was hailed by conservatives for her "absolutely dominating" a line of questioning from California Sen. Schiff.

Today was the first day of Pam Bondi's Senate confirmation hearing. Bondi is President-elect Trump's nominee for Attorney General. Punchbowl News co-founder Jake Sherman joins Katy Tur to discuss her answers on questions about Kash Patel,

Pam Bondi, Donald Trump’s nominee for the next U.S. attorney general, refused to give a basic yes or no answer, during her confirmation hearing Wednesday, regarding her views on birthright citizenship, which is etched into the Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution.

IF THESE WERE “NORMAL” TIMES, Pam Bondi almost certainly would not be confirmed as attorney general. But these are far from normal times, and with her leading the Department of Justice under a re-elected Donald Trump, the times are likely to get a whole lot less normal.

Democratic senators push Trump’s pick for attorney general to declare her independence from the president-elect

WASHINGTON - Donald Trump’s choice for attorney general, Ms Pam Bondi, vowed on Jan 15 not to use the US Justice Department to target people based on their politics, but dodged direct questions about investigating people scorned by the president-elect.

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