6 things to know about Pam Bondi, Trump's new pick for attorney general

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

66% : Trump at the time said he would "love" Bondi to join the administration.
60% : She gained national attention with appearances on Fox News as a defender of Trump and had a notable speaking spot at 2016 Republican National Convention as Trump became the party's surprising nominee.
55% : Trump announced his plans to nominate Bondi Thursday in a social media post.WATCH:
46% : "WATCH: Senators react to Matt Gaetz withdrawing from attorney general nominationAs Trump prepared to move into the White House, she served on his first transition team.
45% : In March 2016, on the eve of the Republican primary in Florida, Bondi endorsed Trump at a rally, picking him over the candidate from her own state, Florida Sen. Marco Rubio.
43% : She would inherit a Justice Department expected to pivot sharply on civil rights, corporate enforcement and the prosecutions of hundreds of Trump supporters charged in the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol -- defendants whom Trump has pledged to pardon.
38% : Trump cut a $25,000 check to a political committee supporting Bondi from his family's charitable foundation, in violation of legal prohibitions against charities supporting partisan political activities.
37% : How Trump could upend the rule of law and pursue political prosecutions in a second termIf confirmed by the Republican-led Senate, Bondi would instantly become one of the most closely watched members of Trump's Cabinet given the Republican's threat to pursue retribution against perceived adversaries and concern among Democrats that he will look to bend the Justice Department to his will.
34% : Bondi was also among a group of Republicans who showed up to support Trump at his hush money criminal trial in New York that ended in May with a conviction on 34 felony counts.
29% : "It's unlikely that Bondi would be confirmed in time to overlap with Smith, who brought two federal indictments against Trump that are both expected to wind down before the incoming president takes office.
26% : Bondi later said she was wrong and sorry for requesting then-Gov. Rick Scott push back the execution of Marshall Lee Gore by three weeks.Bondi personally solicited a 2013 political contribution from Trump as her office was weighing whether to join New York in suing over fraud allegations involving Trump University.
23% : Trump and his allies sought to delegitimize the impeachment from the start, aiming to brush off the whole thing as a farce.
21% : Two days before being sworn in as president in January 2017, Trump paid $25 million to settle three lawsuits alleging Trump University defrauded its students.
20% : She defended Trump during his first impeachment trialBondi stepped away from lobbying to serve on Trump's legal team during his first impeachment trial in 2020.
19% : Trump also paid a $2,500 fine to the IRS over the illegal political donation to support Bondi from the Donald J. Trump Foundation, which he was forced to dissolve amid an investigation by the state of New York.
17% : A Florida prosecutor assigned by then-GOP Gov. Rick Scott later determined there was insufficient evidence to support bribery charges against Trump and Bondi over the $25,000 donation.
8% : She's been critical of the criminal cases against TrumpBondi has been a vocal critic of the criminal cases against Trump as well as Jack Smith, the special counsel who charged Trump in two federal cases.
7% : Trump's return to White House upends criminal investigations and convictions he's facedAs president, Trump demanded investigations into political opponents like Hillary Clinton and sought to use the law enforcement powers of the Justice Department to advance his own interests, including in trying to overturn the results of the 2020 election.
6% : In one radio appearance, she blasted Smith and other prosecutors who have charged Trump as "horrible" people she said were trying to make names for themselves by "going after Donald Trump and weaponizing our legal system.

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