Former Florida Attorney General will be nominated President-elect Trump as U.S. Attorney General after former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) withdrew, NBC News reports. "For too long, the partisan Department of Justice has been weaponized against me and other Republicans — Not anymore," Trump said on Truth Social. "Pam will refocus the DOJ to its intended purpose of fighting Crime, and Making America Safe Again." Trump praised her work against “the trafficking of deadly drugs.” Bondi served on a Trump commission focusing on ending the opioid crisis and combatting drug addiction. Bondi is a partner at the lobbying firm Ballard Partners, where she chairs the company's Corporate Regulatory Compliance practice.
Bondi has long ties to Trump. During the 2016 Republican National Convention, she joined in “lock her up” chants aimed at former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and was on Trump’s defense team during his first impeachment trial. After Trump lost the 2020 election, Bondi was involved in efforts to overturn the results, falsely claiming that Trump had “won Pennsylvania.” This year, Bondi led the legal arm of the Trump-aligned America First Policy Institute, which planned policies for a potential second Trump presidency. She worked to file voting lawsuits in battleground states relating to the presidential election. Bondi is from Temple Terrace, Fla., where her father was mayor. She has a criminal justice degree from the University of Florida and a law degree from Stetson Law School.
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