Jacob Ogles
The Senate Judiciary Committee has scheduled confirmation hearings over two days with Pam Bondi, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for Attorney General.
Bondi will appear before the committee on Wednesday, Jan. 15, at 9:30 a.m. in the Hart Office Building. A public notice also shows a second hearing will take place on Thursday, Jan. 16, at 10 a.m. in the same place.
U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley, the Iowa Republican now chairing the Judiciary Committee, met with Bondi in December and praised the former Florida Attorney General.
“Your eight years and previous experience to being Attorney General of Florida for eight years, prepares you, I’m sure well, for this job and I look forward to working with you and leading your nomination through the United States Senate through the committee as a first step,” he told Bondi at a short press conference afterward.
At the same time, Senate Democrats have signaled they will scrutinize Bondi’s record.
After the hearings were noticed, U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin, an Illinois Democrat and ranking member on the Senate Judiciary Committee, posted about his concerns on social media.
“I just met with Pam Bondi, Donald Trump’s attorney general pick,” Durbin posted on X. “Given her responses to my questions, I remain concerned about her ability to serve as an Attorney General who will put her oath to the Constitution ahead of her fealty to Donald Trump.”
Bondi served as Florida Attorney General for two terms, from 2011 to 2019. She later was part of Trump’s defense team in his first impeachment trial in the U.S. Senate.
Grassley initially wanted to hold confirmation hearings a day sooner for Bondi, but had to push the date because the committee did not have all of Bondi’s financial disclosures or the information to complete an FBI background check.
That means Bondi’s first hearings will likely overlap with those for another Florida political figure. U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, a Miami Republican, also has a confirmation hearing for his appointment as Trump’s Secretary of State on Jan. 15 at 10 a.m.
12 comments
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MarvinM
January 9, 2025 at 9:56 pm
I would not vote to confirm her for AG because of (what was essentially a) bribe she took from Trump to stop investigating his bogus university, but she at least has relevant experience for the job she was nominated for.
RFKjr, Kash Patel, Tulsi Gabbard and Pete Hegseth do not.
They will do damage to our country from their fundamental inexperience for the job they are being asked to do if they are confirmed.
I will be calling, writing, emailing our senators to please not confirm these unqualified folks. And I encourage any of you you do so as well, even if you think it won’t make any difference. Just do it anyway.
Our senators are under no obligation to rubber stamp Trump’s picks. If there are concerns about the nominee’s ability to actually function effectively in the office to which they have been nominated, it is actually their obligation, to protect us, their constituents, to vote NO. Trump can and should just pick someone else, someone else with more qualifications.
Certainly there are other people out there who have more relevant experience, can do the job better and will still move the Trump agenda forward.
Tom
January 10, 2025 at 8:28 am
Honestly, with trump being trump, what qualified person would put their hand up to serve in his administration? We’ve seen this play before and we all know how it ends. That having been said, I’m enjoying watching Giuliani getting slowly crucified 🙂 Couldn’t happen to a nicer person.
Hung Wiil
January 10, 2025 at 4:54 pm
The hottest AG ever.
SuzyQ
January 11, 2025 at 3:01 am
Senators? Seriously? Are you registered to vote in Florida?
All about the witch
January 10, 2025 at 11:01 am
I like to say hey my charges were derived from a witch hunt..but hey a felon is a felon and right now a felon can vote for another felon
MarvinM
January 11, 2025 at 9:55 pm
She’ll probably be easily confirmed but never forget, Trump could have chosen her first for AG before Matt Gaetz.
But he didn’t.
Why? Why was Matt Gaetz so much of a better first choice for AG for Trump than Pam Bondi?
Leonard
January 12, 2025 at 8:25 am
This has the potential to be a very entertaining hearing but probably won’t be. Durbin is worried she won’t put the Constitution first….why doesn’t he just ask her to name the ten amendments in the Bill of Rights…or ask her what Article V covers…she would be the first AG in history that couldn’t answer those types of questions. The AG should be one of the best, most respected, attorneys in America…this particular nominee is neither.
Idk
January 12, 2025 at 5:36 pm
Through our this campaign all I heard was a lot of whining.( You dirty Democrats)
Idk
January 12, 2025 at 5:37 pm
Throughout
The Sage Earl Pitts American
January 12, 2025 at 8:20 pm
Good evening America,
A lot of you have forgotten my, The Sage Earl Pitts American’s, HOT MlLF Principal in which a TOTAL HOT MlLF, such as Pam, will sail right thru confirmation based soley on her HOT MlLF’ness alone. What will happen is 100% of the STR8 men will vote for her regardless of how the hearing goes and 87.69% of the females voting will vote Pam because 87.69% of all women also appriciate the hotness of a totally HOT MlLF such as Pam.
EARL HAS SPOKEN:
Good Night America,
The Sage Earl Pitts American
JD
January 13, 2025 at 10:02 am
The wicked witch of the south? Brided by the MAGA king? Well hotness is the only criteria for competence, aye?
Scumbaggery and you know it. And you willingly affliate and commend it. What’s that say about you Earl? Inference implied.