Bondi faces confirmation hearings alongside nominees Kristi Noem, Marco Rubio and CIA pick John Ratcliffe; Joni Ernst signals support for Pentagon pickTrump’s attorney general pick to face scrutiny on first day of Senate hearingWho is Pam Bondi, Trump’s pick to lead the US justice department?Senate judiciary committee chair Chuck Grassley is running through Pam Bondi’s resume as a prosecutor at the start of her confirmation hearing for attorney general.The hearing room is mainly full but there are some spare seats, which reflects the fact that Bondi is one of Trump’s least controversial nominees and has not generated the same immense interest for Trump’s defense secretary nominee Pete Hegseth yesterday.I’ll ask her some basic questions on some Maga dogma. For example, did Trump actually win or lose the election in 2020? As his lawyer, she said he didn’t lose, but I think the facts have shown otherwise. Did she learn anything from that experience? Is she willing to tell us that he lost that election? There are questions like that that need to be asked and answered under oath. Continue reading…
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Author : Chris Stein
Publish date : 2025-01-15 14:48:00
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