Trump’s second choice
Pam Bondi becomes the new US Justice Minister
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Trump’s favorite Matt Gaetz is out of the question due to scandals. Pam Bondi takes over. Florida’s ex-general prosecutor is considered to be loyal to the line.
The US Senate pressed the lawyer Pam Bondi as the new Minister of Justice. The majority of the congress chamber voted on Tuesday (local time) for the 59-year-old nominated by President Donald Trump.
“Pam Bondi has promised to attribute the ministry to its core task: to pursue crimes and to protect the Americans from threats to their security and freedom,” said the Republican majority leader in the Senate, John Thune.
The ex-general prosecutor of the state of Florida was nominated as minister after Matt Gaetz, intended by Trump for the post, had declared his waiver. Among other things, he had been accused of drug use and sex with a minor, which he rejected.
Pam Bondi is considered a trumpist
In mid -January, Bondi had committed to a Senate committee not to “not politicize these offices” and not to complain against opponents of the President for purely party -political motives. Her predecessor under ex-President Joe Biden, Merrick Garland, often had to defend his authority against republicans that the bidding government would “instrumentalize” the judiciary.
Bondi is considered a Trump faithful, with Trump’s election defeat 2020 the lawyer supported his false claims on alleged election fraud. Several democratic senators therefore reported doubts about their suitability for the ministerial office on Tuesday. The democratic senator Mazie Hirono said “very concerned” that Pam Bondi “will say yes when and if President Trump asks her to do something illegal”.
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