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Hugo Lowell in Washington

Trump names Pam Bondi as attorney general pick after Gaetz steps aside

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Pam Bondi at a Trump rally in Greensboro, North Carolina, on 2 November 2024. Photograph: Sam Wolfe/Reuters

Donald Trump announced that he would nominate for attorney general Pam Bondi, the former Florida state attorney general, hours after the former congressman Matt Gaetz withdrew in the face of opposition from Senate Republicans who had balked over a series of sexual misconduct allegations.

The move to name Bondi reflected Trump’s determination to install a loyalist as the nation’s top law enforcement official and marked another instance of Trump putting his personal lawyers in the justice department.

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