Gaetz without 'the baggage': Trump's new pick Pam Bondi could still disrupt Justice Department

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

62% : "Bondi was one of the top surrogates for Trump in Florida during his 2016 campaign and she has been a strong supporter of the former president ever since.
49% : Trump nominated another one of his personal attorneys, Emil Bove, to be the principal associate deputy attorney general.
48% : He also nominated D. John Sauer, who managed to convince the Supreme Court that Trump and other presidents have immunity for official acts, to be the solicitor general.
37% : On a number of occasions, she has appeared in the press railing against the department's focus on the cases against Trump.
29% : "Smith is set to reveal in court filings on December 2 how he plans to wind down the cases against Trump in adherence with department policy not to prosecute sitting presidents.
24% : Bondi's nomination to lead the department comes amid reports that Trump set to attempt to fire the attorneys who worked with Special Counsel Jack Smith investigating the former president for his alleged mishandling of classified documents and for his connection to the Capitol riot.
22% : "For too long, the partisan Department of Justice has been weaponized against me and other Republicans," Trump said in his statement announcing Bondi as his new pick for attorney general following the departure of Gaetz.
20% : Trump is also set to put together groups to look for evidence that the 2020 election was riddled with fraud.
18% : Trump and his allies have yet to provide any evidence of widespread fraud.
16% : Trump remains irate at the investigations he faced from the department under special counsel Jack Smith, including criminal indictments for his alleged mishandling of classified documents and his attempts to overturn the 2020 election.

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