Pam Bondi sworn in as Attorney General
Pam Bondi sworn in by Clarence Thomas. Image via AP.

Bondi sworn
The Senate confirmed her Tuesday night.

Attorney General Pam Bondi has been sworn into office.

“I will restore integrity to the Justice Department and I will fight violent crime throughout this country and throughout this world and make America safe again,” Bondi vowed at the ceremony.

At a White House press conference, she was introduced by President Donald Trump before being administered an oath by Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas with family at her side.

“She’s worked hard, so hard, and is so unbelievably fair and unbelievably good at law enforcement,” Trump said.

Trump in November nominated Bondi, a former Florida Attorney General, to head the Department of Justice. The U.S. Senate confirmed her nomination on Tuesday night on a 54-46 vote.

The President praised Bondi’s record over eight years as Florida’s Attorney General.

“Pam was a career prosecutor for nearly 20 years and was one of the toughest and smartest and best and most successful attorney generals in the history of Florida,” Trump said. “I think she’s going to end up going down as the most successful, or certainly one of the most successful, attorney generals that this country has ever had.”

Both Bondi and Trump said they want to end a “weaponization” of the Justice Department, which pursued criminal charges against Trump while he was running for President. Charges were dropped after Trump won the presidential election in November.

Shortly after the election, Trump had nominated former U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz, a Fort Walton Beach Republican, for Attorney General, but he withdrew from consideration while facing a difficult confirmation process. Gaetz did resign his House seat and was not sworn into a new term in January after the release of an embarrassing House Ethics Committee report.

Bondi was Florida’s first female Attorney General, serving from 2011 until 2019.

Both of Florida’s U.S. Senators supported her confirmation.

U.S. Sen. Ashley Moody, who succeeded Bondi as Florida Attorney General before her recent appointment to the Senate, posted a picture of a card Bondi gave her during the transition into the state Cabinet post in 2019. Moody, a Plant City Republican, returned the praise offered in that card.

“So excited to vote to confirm my friend Pam Bondi for US Attorney General,” Moody posted on X. “Congratulations AG Pam Bondi, ‘you will be the Greatest AG.’”

Jacob Ogles

Jacob Ogles has covered politics in Florida since 2000 for regional outlets including SRQ Magazine in Sarasota, The News-Press in Fort Myers and The Daily Commercial in Leesburg. His work has appeared nationally in The Advocate, Wired and other publications. Events like SRQ’s Where The Votes Are workshops made Ogles one of Southwest Florida’s most respected political analysts, and outlets like WWSB ABC 7 and WSRQ Sarasota have featured his insights. He can be reached at [email protected].


9 comments

  • Dennis Andrew Ball

    February 5, 2025 at 1:03 pm

    I hope she can do the job I will do. Nothing should stop the complete prosecution dismantling of the Deep State and their cronies. 10,000 Deep State Senior Executive Service Mgrs. Placed in 75 govt. Agencies in 2017 by Barack Obama to destroy Trump.
    You can find it in Tyranny From The Waters Edge (amazon.com) by Dennis Andrew Ball.

    • Joe

      February 5, 2025 at 1:51 pm

      Trump is literally creating a Deep State, and actually Filling the Swamp, unlike all other previous presidents who were not convicted criminals. Foxbrained sycophants like are bringing about the very end of this nation.

  • Joe

    February 5, 2025 at 1:49 pm

    Let Trump’s personal retribution tour officially commence!
    And as a reminder, FU to all UF alumni who bend the knee to dictators both foreign and domestic.

  • Earl Pitts "Political Genius" American

    February 5, 2025 at 1:53 pm

    A Lot of “Dook 4 Brains Lefty Democrats” worst nightmares began with the swearing in of Pam.
    Not all “Guilty Dooks” got pardoned by 8iden. For example; Mearrit Garland failed to send Trump to prison to rot for life as 8iden wanted … no pardon was given to Garland.
    There are litterally thousands of “Guilty Dooks” which Pam can go after.
    Earl Pitts “Political Genius” American

    • Commentonthisweirdo

      February 10, 2025 at 2:03 pm

      You are pathetic.

  • Sunny days

    February 8, 2025 at 9:50 am

    Convicted felons will restore integrity but lie about insurance claims

  • Michael K

    February 8, 2025 at 3:12 pm

    Funny, she was bought for a mere $25,000 by Trump, while Cash Patel was purchased for a mere $25,000 by the Russians! They have so much in common!

  • KathrynA

    February 14, 2025 at 10:26 pm

    Isn’t that the truth and you can tell she was “bought” by actions in Mayor Adams’s case and deal made to drop his very real charges. Not an ounce of integrity to find in the Trump administration anywhere!

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