Former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi is vying to become the next Attorney General. But as she was grilled this week with questions from a bipartisan committee of Senators, some experts worry her allegiance to President-elect Donald Trump will prevent her from fairly carrying out the duties of the job.
Earlier this week, Bondi stopped by Capitol Hill to be questioned in an over 4-hour hearing by both Democrats and Republicans. For the former, Senators from all over the country laid out what some of the stakes in her appointment are, particularly given the pressure Trump wielded on his Justice Department during his first term to advance his personal interests, including by demanding that the-then FBI director abandon an investigation into an ally and by firing his first attorney general following his recusal from an investigation into Trump's 2016 campaign.
