Pam Bondi will become U.S. attorney general after the Senate approved her by a 54-46 vote. All Republican senators voted to confirm Bondi, while Pennsylvania Senator John Fetterman was the only Democrat to vote in favor. Born in Tampa, Florida, Bondi studied criminal justice at the University of Florida and then received a degree from Stetson University College of Law. She was admitted to the Florida Bar in 1991. A longtime Donald Trump ally who has criticized the criminal cases against him, she was elected as Florida’s first female attorney general in 2010. Bondi has sought to reassure Democrats that politics would play no part in her decision-making, but she has also refused to rule out potential investigations into Trump’s adversaries. Sen. Peter Welch (D-VT) said Bondi was “accomplished and competent” but said his “grave concern is really about President Trump and what he is clearly demanding . . . That clearly is a loyalty oath to him as opposed to a demand for straightforward, candid advice, including if the president is asking for something to be done like the prosecution of a political adversary.”
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