Washington – the US Senate on Tuesday evening confirmed the prosecutor in Florida Pam Bondi as the United States General Prosecutor under President Donald Trump.
Senators voted 54-46 To install the former Prosecutor General in Florida at the top of the US Department of Justice, the Trump agency has in the crosshairs after federal racing directed their activities after losing in the presidential election in 2020.
Democratic Senator John Fetterman from Pennsylvania voted in favor of Bondi confirmation.
Bondi easily gained the support of the Senate Committee led by Republicans in the judiciary, which led her to slipping to confirmation. The panel shared on Wednesday to achievement her to vote.
Bondi was sworn in to office on Wednesday morning in an oval office by the Supreme Court judge Clarence Thomas. Trump congratulated Bondi, calling her “incredibly just and incredibly good,” according to the report from the pool.
Grassley support
“I am disappointed that none of my democratic colleagues in the court committee voted for Mrs. Bondi and I hope that the full Senate accepts a different approach”, chairman of the Chuck Grassley committee from Iów from Iów he said On the floor on Monday.
“If my colleagues do not exceed the passage for this qualified candidate, they will show that they intend to oppose the types of President Trump for purely biased reasons,” said Grassley.
The leader of the majority of Senate, John Thune, said on Tuesday that the Americans “lost faith” in the Department of Justice.
“Pam Bondi promised to restore the department to his basic mission: prosecution of crime and protect Americans against hazards in the field of security and their freedom”, Republican South Dakota Dakota he said Tuesday afternoon on the floor, accusing the political prejudice department under the command of former president Joe Biden.
“Real concern” with Whitehouse
Democrats spoke against Bondi before voting confirming, emphasizing the indirect Bondi reaction to members of the Democratic Committee. questions over who won the election in 2020.
Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, Democrat Rhode Island in the judiciary committee, said on Tuesday that Bondi’s answers during her trial in confirmation were a reason for “real concern.”
“She said many proper things about the independence of the department and the rule of law. I couldn’t end, how she changed when she reached a topic that was sensitive to Donald Trump, something that Donald Trump would give, “said Whitehouse on the floor.
“She couldn’t say obvious things, such as:” Did President Biden win the election in 2020? “. This is an easy answer: “Yes, he did, sir or lady.” Super simple. When he can’t say this, it’s a sign, “Whitehouse continued.
The former president faced the allegations for repealing the results of the election in 2020 and the collection of closed documents on his property in Florida. The Department of Justice abandoned matters after Trump won the election, citing a long -term policy of not racing sitting presidents.
Temporary US prosecutor in the southern Florida district last week dropped Classes of documents regarding two co -accused Trump.
Trump has released round of the officials of the Department of Justice who were involved in prosecution of him as well as those involved In the prosecutor of the accused after a sudden attack on the USA, the USA on January 6, 2021.
On the first night of office, Trump granted pardoning almost 1,600 to the accused accused in the attack.
Last updated 11:39, February 5, 2025
