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Attorney General Nominee Pam Bondi Won’t Rule Out Prosecuting Trump’s Critics

HeadlineJan 16, 2025

In Washington, D.C., Pam Bondi, Trump’s nominee for attorney general, vowed not to “politicize” the Justice Department as she faced questioning by the Senate Judiciary Committee Wednesday. But when repeatedly pressed by Democratic senators, Bondi refused to commit to maintaining independence from Trump and his possible requests to prosecute journalists or other perceived threats. She also refused to rule out investigating special counsel Jack Smith or former Congressmember Liz Cheney. Pam Bondi also avoided directly answering questions about Trump’s vow to pardon January 6 defendants and refused to say Trump had definitively lost the 2020 election. We’ll have more on Pam Bondi’s hearing later in the broadcast with journalist David Dayen.

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