Attorney General Pam Bondi, sworn in to her post on Wednesday, issued a series of sweeping directives on her first day in office as she seeks to lead a shift in President Donald Trump's Justice Department. Her initial actions include defunding sanctuary jurisdictions, reviewing prosecutions related to Trump, reinstating the federal death penalty and ending diversity initiatives within the department.
Regarding the former, the Department of Justice has now been instructed to halt funding to jurisdictions that do not cooperate with federal immigration enforcement, with Bondi stating that the department will "pause the distribution of all funds" to sanctuary jurisdictions for 60 days while conducting a review, after which further steps will be determined.
