The Senate Judiciary Committee has set a listening to date for President-elect Trump’s Legal professional Normal decide Pam Bondi.
The listening to will happen on Jan. 15 and 16, giving Senators on the panel the possibility to query Bondi earlier than voting on her nomination.
Trump selected Bondi, Florida’s former legal professional common, as his second nominee to guide the Division of Justice.
He had initially chosen former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.), however after the specter of a scathing Home Ethics report tanked his probabilities at being confirmed, Gaetz withdrew from consideration, and Bondi was picked.
Bondi was a senior advisor on Trump’s first impeachment protection staff and is now an legal professional for Ballard Companions, a gaggle based by Florida lobbyist Biran Ballard, the previous 2016 chair of Trump Victory.
She served as Florida’s legal professional common from 2011 to 2019.
Bondi was additionally certainly one of a number of Republicans who confirmed up in New York to assist Trump throughout his felony hush cash trial that resulted in his felony conviction final yr.
She known as particular counsel Jack Smith, who led authorized instances in opposition to Trump, and different prosecutors “horrible” individuals who had been making an attempt to make names for themselves by attacking Trump.
After his preliminary nomination with Gaetz, there’s concern that Trump’s alternative for legal professional common may flip the division right into a authorized powerhouse that can grant his needs and even prosecute his political enemies.
Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) is likely one of the senators who serves on the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Shortly after Bondi was named as the subsequent decide, she stated she hopes Bondi will “uphold the Constitution” if she is confirmed for the place and the hearings will permit her to make her views clear.
