Attorney General-designate Pam Bondi vowed Wednesday that her focus, if confirmed, would be on restoring integrity to a politicized Justice Department and to “make America safe again,” as she fended off criticism from Democratic senators.
The Senate Judiciary Committee held a confirmation hearing for Bondi, President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for attorney general.
While Republicans on the panel talked about the weaponization of the Justice Department that has occurred in recent years, Democrats warned that Trump might seek to prosecute opponents.
Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., said that Bondi must be willing to say “no” to Trump if the president-to-be were to order her to target political opponents.
“You have to be able to say that Donald Trump lost the 2020 election. You dodged that question. You have to be able to say the Jan. 6…
