Trump's pick for justice department to face scrutiny on vow to prosecute his opponents

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

41% : Bondi's tenure as Florida's attorney-general, a job she won after nearly two decades as a career prosecutor, has also insulated her; during her tenure she became close to more traditional Republican governors such as Rick Scott, now a Florida senator, and Jeb Bush, who she initially endorsed in the 2016 presidential race against Trump.
39% : In 2013, days after she received a $25,000 political donation from Trump -- then a real estate magnate -- Bondi decided not to proceed with a probe into alleged fraud at Trump University, a now defunct, for-profit college that was generating complaints of deceptive business practices.
38% : Nick Cox, who supervised Bondi there in the 1990s, described her as an "aggressive prosecutor" who "always had very little tolerance for crime".Cox, whom Bondi appointed as statewide prosecutor when she was elected Florida attorney-general, said she "will totally be loyal" to Trump, but added: "Pam will never abandon the boundaries or the ethics that she's learned for over 30 years now".
36% : The "deep state [in the] first term for President Trump, they were hiding in the shadows, but now they have a spotlight on them, and they can all be investigated", Bondi told Fox News in 2023.
33% : That could also lead to a focus on immigration and the southern border -- hot-button issues for Trump -- as Mexico remains a main source of fentanyl unlawfully flowing into the US.
28% : Trump ultimately paid $25mn to settle lawsuits by students and the New York state attorney-general.
28% : Bondi surprised many allies by endorsing Trump after Bush dropped out of the 2016 race.
28% : In the run-up to the 2024 election, she was an outspoken critic of the criminal cases against Trump, insisting there was a "two-tiered system of justice" out to get him.
10% : She is also seen on Capitol Hill as more qualified than Trump's first choice, former congressman Matt Gaetz, who was forced to withdraw amid allegations he used illegal drugs and paid for sex.

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