Patel is a controversial nominee, having long raged against the so-called Deep State and prioritized his loyalty to Trump.
Donald Trump's choice to lead the FBI compiled a list of "executive branch deep state" members in his book "Government Gangsters."
Several senators questioned Pam Bondi at her confirmation hearing Wednesday about President-elect Donald Trump's choice of Kash Patel to lead the FBI.
Attorney general nominee Pam Bondi dodged a question from Sen ... Bondi went on to defend Trump’s controversial pick to lead the FBI, Kash Patel, but said she would not have an “enemies list” at the DOJ. However, she still pointed to the prosecutions ...
Pam Bondi, President-elect Donald Trump's choice to lead the Justice Department as attorney general, listens during her confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill on Wednesday. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post) The best thing about Pam Bondi is that she’s not Matt Gaetz,
US attorney general designee Pam Bondi fended off onslaughts from California Sens. Adam Schiff and Alex Padilla at her confirmation hearing Wednesday, both of whom grilled her about President-elect Donald Trump.
Whitehouse asked Pam Bondi, Florida's former attorney general, whether she supported Trump’s nominee to lead the FBI, Kash Patel, who has assembled what he calls a list of “Members of the Executive Branch Deep State" that should be prosecuted.
President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for attorney general, former Florida attorney general Pam Bondi (R), is testifying Wednesday in her first of two scheduled confirmation hearings. While Bondi isn’t considered among the Trump nominees that the Republican-majority Senate is likely to reject, her testimony is being closely watched.
Pam Bondi sought to allay the concerns of Democrats who said they feared Trump and his allies would use the Justice Department to target their political enemies.
During her Senate confirmation hearing, Bondi was asked by Louisiana GOP Sen. John Kennedy about notable figures in prison and the importance of removing “politicization” from the Department of justice.
Bondi faced heated questions from Democratic senators in her confirmation hearing as they scrutinized her loyalty to President-elect Donald Trump.
Patel, who has been named FBI director, included a list of the government’s supposed “enemies” in his 2023 book.