American President-elect Donald Trump chose Pam Bondi as Minister of Justice this Thursday, November 21, 2024 after Republican elected official Matt Gaetz announced that he no longer wished to be a candidate for this position.
Matt Gaetz, 42, who left his seat in the House of Representatives last week to join the incoming Trump administration, was the subject of an investigation by the House Ethics Committee in following accusations of sexual misconduct and illegal drug use. He denies these accusations.
Pam Bondi, a Donald Trump loyalist, served as Florida's attorney general from 2011 to 2019. She was an advisor to Donald Trump during his first term. She was also part of the team that defended Donald Trump when he was accused of seeking to pressure Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelensky into Kyiv opening an investigation into Hunter Biden's activities in Ukraine and Joe Biden himself. Donald Trump was subsequently acquitted by the US Senate.
More conventional profile
Most recently, Pam Bondi helped lead the legal arm of the America First Policy Institute, a think tank that worked closely with Donald Trump's campaign to help shape policy for his future administration. .
Pam Bondi's profile, more conventional than that of Matt Gaetz, should encounter less opposition from senators during the confirmation process. Donald Trump announced his choice on social media, praising Pam Bondi's experience and saying she had been tough on crime while serving as Florida's attorney general.
Fight against crime
The president-elect said Pam Bondi would put an end to the politicization of federal prosecutions. “The Department of Justice (DoJ) has for too long been used as a weapon against me and other Republicans. That will no longer be the case.”a dit Donald Trump. “Pam will refocus the DoJ on its primary purpose of fighting crime and restoring security to America.”
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