In sometimes fiery exchanges, former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi fielded questions during a Senate confirmation hearing for her attorney general nomination about whether she would prosecute President-elect Donald Trump’s declared political enemies.
Bondi also refused to deny falsehoods about the 2020 presidential election being “stolen”. In the January 15 hearing, Senator Alex Padilla, for California, asked Bondi whether she would retract her previous statements that Trump won Pennsylvania in 2020. The two spoke over each other as Padilla pushed for a “yes or no” response and Bondi tried to answer differently. Eventually, Bondi told the senator she was “not going to be bullied”.
