Now that Donald Trump has fired Pam Bondi, the search for a new attorney general has begun - and the president could be in for a fight over his pick.
Trump will need to act quickly, given that the midterm elections are around the corner and Democrats look increasingly likely to flip the Senate. That will give them a majority and the ability to stop extreme nominees. Until then, Trump’s biggest challenge to nominate a new top cop for the Department of Justice might not come from Senate Democrats, but rather from Sen. Thom Tillis, the retiring Republican from North Carolina, who has been on a tear against many members of the Trump administration before he leaves at the end of the year.
