Trump’s nominee, Pam Bondi, confirmed by the Senate as the United States Attorney General

President Donald TrumpNominated for the Attorney General Pam Bondi He was confirmed in a vote of the Senate 54-46 on Tuesday night.

Bondi takes control of a justice department that has purged Prosecutors who worked in cases against Trump, FBI prosecutors and agents who worked in cases related to January 6 against the Capitol, and ordered criminal investigations on state and local officials who interfere with their repression of immigration.

Bondi served as Trump’s Attorney 2011 to 2019 and was a defense lawyer in his first political trial judgment. There, Trump was acquitted -Cut part along the lines of the party-abuse of his power by retaining the help to press the Ukraine government to investigate the then president Joe Bidenwho went to defeat Trump in the 2020 elections.

Bondi will now lead to the United States Department of Justice at a time when Democrats fear Trump can try to use it to seek revenge against perceived enemies. Already, the department has Submitted termination letters more than a dozen officials who helped Special Jack Smith advice In trusications against Trump.

“Interim Attorney General James Mchenry made this decision because he did not believe that these officials could be trusted to faithfully implement the president’s agenda due to his important role in the president’s prosecution,” A The Department official said In a statement.

On Monday, the main federal prosecutor in Washington, DC, an employee of the Department of Justice, said in a letter that his office would seek “each and every legal actions against anyone” who prevents Elon Musk’s work and his initiative of cost reduction known as the Government Efficiency Department.

In an August interview In Fox News, Bondi seemed to support government employees who looked for Trump.

“Do you know what is going to happen? The Department of Justice, the prosecutors will be prosecuted, the bad ones. The investigators will be investigated,” he said.

In his confirmation hearing, Bondi gave a less provocative tone in the face of Democrats’ questions about the potential weapon of the department under a Trump administration.

“Each case will be paid by case,” ” Bondi said. “No one should be prosecuted for political purposes. Absolutely not.”

In his last hours in office, Biden forgiven prevently A series of people who have been the subject of Trump’s anger, including members of the Chamber Committee investigating the attack of January 6, 2021 against the Capitol.

Bondi began his career as a state prosecutor in Hillsborough Count Trump during his first speech about a phone call to Ukraine.

It was one of the first defenders of the efforts to question the legitimacy of the 2020 elections and attended the now infamous press conference in the total landscape of four seasons. Under the interrogation of Senator Dick Durbin, D-Bill., She refused to say who won the 2020 presidential elections, instead of saying: “President Biden is the president of the United States.”

Contribute: Joey Garrison.

This article originally appeared in the USA Today: PAM Bondi confirmed by the Senate as the United States Attorney General to direct the DOJ