Posted on 02/04/2025 8:05:23 PM PST by where's_the_Outrage?
The Senate voted late Tuesday to confirm Pam Bondi, President Donald Trump's nominee for attorney general, voting 54-46 to install the longtime prosecutor and former Florida attorney general to head the U.S. Department of Justice.
Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., bucked his party to make the vote bipartisan. He was the only Democrat to join Republicans in support of the nominee.
Bondi's confirmation comes as both the Justice Department and FBI have been under scrutiny by Democrats in Congress who have raised concerns over Trump's recent decision to pardon or commute the sentences of 1,600 defendants in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riots and to oust more than 15 inspectors general and special counsel investigators.
To date, there are no known plans to conduct sweeping removals or take punitive action against the agents involved in the Jan. 6 investigations.
But U.S. Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove sparked fresh concerns last week after he directed the acting FBI director to identify all current and former bureau employees assigned to the Jan. 6 cases for internal review.
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Finally. Why is Thune dragging them out?
Yet a lot of Republicans voted Yes on many of Obama’s nominees.
Yes. It is interesting to note how we Conservatives compare and contrast this. The Republicans who voted for Obama's nominees are considered by us to be traitors. But when a Dem like Fetterman does it, some people think he's the best thing since sliced bread. I wonder what the liberals think of him at this point.
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