Trump picks Pam Bondi for Attorney General after Gaetz withdraws | Honolulu Star-Advertiser

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

48% : In her role at the America First Policy Institute, Bondi has remained a staunch defender of Trump.
46% : "Trump announced his pick of Bondi on social media, praising her for her prosecutorial experience and saying she was tough on crime as Florida's first female attorney general.
37% : She was among a group of attorneys to draft an amicus brief in the classified documents case in support of Trump which claimed that Smith had been unlawfully appointed.
36% : Smith and top Justice Department officials are now assessing how to wind down both criminal cases against Trump in order to comply with a long-standing Justice Department policy that prohibits the prosecution of a sitting president.
31% : "Trump has railed against the current Justice Department leadership and vowed retribution, after Special Counsel Jack Smith secured two indictments against him over his efforts to subvert the 2020 election and his retention of classified documents after leaving the White House.
30% : "For too long, the partisan Department of Justice has been weaponized against me and other Republicans - Not anymore," Trump said.
26% : Trump was later acquitted by the Senate.
24% : Trump, who was elected on Nov. 5 despite being the subject of multiple criminal investigations from U.S. and state prosecutors, said Bondi would end the politicization of federal prosecutions.
7% : During his first term, Trump was infuriated by what he called an obstructive Justice Department, including attorneys general Jeff Sessions, who allowed a probe into alleged Russian interference, and Bill Barr, who publicly refuted his false claims his 2020 election loss was the result of fraud.

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