The Senate Judiciary Committee has recommended Pam Bondi be confirmed as the next U.S. Attorney General, advancing her nomination on a party-line 12-10 vote.

Pam Bondi refused to acknowledge President Donald Trump lost the 2020 election to President Joe Biden in her Senate confirmation hearing for U.S. attorney general on Wednesday, intensifying Democratic concerns that the former Florida attorney general would be a rubber stamp for the White House.

US Attorney General-designate Pam Bondi advanced past the Senate Judiciary Committee on a party-line basis, teeing her up for a full-chamber confirmation vote.

President Trump’s pick to lead the Department of Justice, Pam Bondi, on Wednesday advanced out of the Senate Judiciary Committee on a strict party-line vote, setting the stage for a vote on the

Despite Democratic Senators continuing to raise concerns about Bondi’s independence from Trump and her lobbying work, several appeared to find some common ground.

Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), the top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee, said he plans to oppose the nomination of Kash Patel, President Trump’s nominee to lead the FBI. “Kash Patel has

Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., raised concerns about Bondi’s ability to say no to Trump, saying he isn’t convinced the attorney general nominee has “the grit and gumption” to say no to the incoming president.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Republican-led U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday advanced President Donald Trump's attorney general nominee Pam Bondi, paving the way for the full Senate to vote to confirm the former Florida attorney general as soon as this week.

It is outrageous that Senator Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) attacked President Donald Trump’s Attorney General nominee Pam Bondi for planning to weaponize the Department of Justice (DOJ) against the President’s political opponents in her recent Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing.

The Trump administration reportedly has reassigned swathes of Justice Department employees, rescinded job offers to law students and fired more than a dozen independent federal agency investigators — actions which some lawmakers say violate federal law.

The Senate Judiciary Committee Wednesday approved the nomination of Trump attorney Pam Bondi to be the next U.S. attorney general. The party-line 12-10 vote sends the nomination to the full Senate for a vote.