Pam Bondi to face questions on loyalty to Trump, lobbying ties in AG confirmation hearing

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

40% : On Wednesday, Bondi will kick off two days of hearings to secure confirmation as the next attorney general, as lawmakers prepare to question her over her extensive legal, political and lobbying background -- and whether her longtime loyalty to Trump will impact her oversight of the nation's top law enforcement agencies.
40% : The overt threats by Trump and his allies to clean house of any officials who had significant involvement in the investigations led by Special Counsel Jack Smith, however, have already led some career officials to head to the exits -- including some who have reached out to attorneys in recent weeks for potential legal representation should they ultimately be targeted by the incoming administration.
34% : While Bondi lacks any federal prosecutorial experience, she was a county prosecutor in Florida before serving two terms as Florida's attorney general between 2011 and 2019 -- the state's first female AG -- where she fought in court to challenge Obamacare and uphold Florida's constitutional ban on same-sex marriage.
33% : Pam Bondi has developed a reputation as one of President-elect Donald Trump's most loyal defenders -- a vocal political and legal advocate who represented Trump during his first impeachment, boosted his efforts to sow doubts about his 2020 election loss, and stood by him during his New York criminal trial.
30% : Nearly every other major nominee put forward thus far by Trump for a leadership position at DOJ served as his defense attorney in at least one of the criminal cases he faced after leaving the White House.
29% : "For too long, the partisan Department of Justice has been weaponized against me and other Republicans - Not anymore," Trump wrote in his announcement of Bondi for attorney general.
29% : Trump University and the Trump Foundation were closed following multiple lawsuits, and a judge ordered Trump to pay $2 million for misusing his foundation.
22% : In his announcement, Trump touted Bondi's work combating the trafficking of fentanyl and reducing overdose deaths.
19% : "Despite her legal efforts, Trump lost the state and the 2020 election to Biden.
18% : Trump has repeatedly vowed to use the DOJ to target his political opponents while issuing sweeping pardons for the rioters who attacked the U.S. Capitol in an attempt to overturn his 2020 election loss.
16% : Both Bondi and Trump also attracted criticism during the 2016 race over a $25,000 contribution that the Trump Foundation made in 2013 to a political group backing Bondi's reelection campaign.
16% : Trump announced Bondi as his nominee for attorney general almost immediately after former Rep. Matt Gaetz announced he was withdrawing his nomination for the position amid increasing questions about sexual misconduct and other allegations that were later detailed in a report from the House Ethics Committee.

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