Florida’s Former Attorney General Pam Bondi talks throughout the yearly Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) conference on February 23, 2024, in National Harbor,Maryland
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President- choose Donald Trump introduced Thursday night that his brand-new choice for attorney general is Pam Bondi.
Bondi formerly acted as Florida’s chief law officer.
The statement came simply hours after previousRep Matt Gaetz, R-Fla, withdrew from consideration
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“For too long, the partisan Department of Justice has been weaponized against me and other Republicans — Not anymore,” Trump claimed in a message to Truth Social. “Pam will refocus the DOJ to its intended purpose of fighting Crime, and Making America Safe Again.”
Trump likewise applauded her job versus “the trafficking of deadly drugs.” Bondi formerly worked with a Trump payment concentrating on finishing the opioid situation and dealing with medicine dependency.
The chief law officer setting would certainly call for verification by the Senate.
Bondi has lengthy connections toTrump During the 2016 Republican National Convention, she joined in “lock her up” incantations focused on previous Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and was after that component of Trump’s protection group throughout his initial impeachment test.
After Trump shed the 2020 political election, Bondi was associated with initiatives to reverse the outcomes, falsely claiming that Trump had “won Pennsylvania” throughout a press conference in Philadelphia.
Earlier on Thursday, Gaetz announced that he was withdrawing his name from factor to consider to be the chief law officer, saying that his “confirmation was unfairly becoming a distraction to the critical work of the Trump/Vance Transition.”
Gaetz dealt with claims that consisted of making love with a 17-year-old lady. He has actually refuted the claims versus him.
Trump applauded Gaetz on Truth Social after he took out, stating that Gaetz “has a fantastic future.
