The Senate Judiciary Committee has set a hearing date for President-elect Trump's nominee for attorney general, Pam Bondi.
Hearings will be held on January 15 and 16, and senators on the committee will have an opportunity to question Mr. Bondi before voting on his nomination.
President Trump has selected Bondi, a former Florida attorney general, as his second nominee for head of the Department of Justice.
She had originally selected former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Florida), but as threats from a scathing House ethics report narrowed his chances of confirmation, Gaetz withdrew from consideration and replaced Bondi. Mr. was selected.
Bondi was a senior adviser on President Trump's first impeachment defense team and currently serves as an attorney for Ballard Partners, a group founded by Florida lobbyist Biran Ballard, a former chairman of Trump's 2016 victory campaign. are.
She served as Florida Attorney General from 2011 to 2019.
Mr. Bondi was also one of several Republicans who showed up in New York to support Mr. Trump during his hush-money criminal trial, in which he was convicted of a felony last year.
She accused special counsel Jack Smith and other prosecutors who led the case against Trump of being “terrible” people who tried to make a name for themselves by attacking Trump.
After his initial nomination with Gates, there are concerns that Trump's choice for attorney general will turn the department into a judicial powerhouse that fulfills his wishes and even prosecutes political opponents.
Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) is one of the senators who serves on the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Shortly after Mr. Bondi was nominated as the next candidate, she said that if Mr. Bondi was confirmed to the position and was able to make his views clear at the hearing, he would be willing to “uphold the Constitution.” '' he said he was looking forward to it.
