Trump Nominates Former FL AG Pam Bondi for Attorney General
Matt Gaetz withdrew from consideration this morning.
President-elect Donald Trump has nominated former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi for attorney general after Matt Gaetz withdrew.
Bondi served as Florida attorney general from 2011 to 2019.
Trump said:
I am proud to announce former Attorney General of the Great State of Florida, Pam Bondi, as our next Attorney General of the United States. Pam was a prosecutor for nearly 20 years, where she was very tough on Violent Criminals, and made the streets safe for Florida Families. Then, as Florida’s first female Attorney General, she worked to stop the trafficking of deadly drugs, and reduce the tragedy of Fentanyl Overdose Deaths, which have destroyed many families across our Country. She did such an incredible job, that I asked her to serve on our Opioid and Drug Abuse Commission during my first Term — We saved many lives!
For too long, the partisan Department of Justice has been weaponized against me and other Republicans – Not anymore. Pam will refocus the DOJ to its intended purpose of fighting Crime, and Making America Safe Again. I have known Pam for many years — She is smart and tough, and is an AMERICA FIRST Fighter, who will do a terrific job as Attorney General!
🚨 President Donald J. Trump announces the nomination of @PamBondi as Attorney General pic.twitter.com/A9PHbBsW5b
— Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) November 21, 2024
Bondi served as one of Trump’s lawyers during his first impeachment trial.
The longtime Trump ally also showed her support for him at his Manhattan trial.
Bondi chairs the Center for Litigation at the America First Poliy Institute, a pro-Trump think tank.
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You thought Gartz was bad, how about Bondi?
Block my appointees will you?
Plus iwhen Gaetz was the nominee he could not be names acting AG. Now Trump is free to name him acting AG.
She can chose most of her own staff including Gaetz. He could run free under her cover. Special Council Gaetz.
Special Council Gaetz nailing jack Smith would be great.
Special Councils have to be Senate approved.
Do you mean how Garland had the Senate appoint Jack Smith? Bondi can hire Matt Gaetz in any number of roles within the DOJ, but my bet is Gaetz returns to the 119th session of Congress. He resigned from the 118th session of Congress.
That is precisely Trump’s argument in court, so he can’t contradict himself by having his AG appoint special counsels who are not already officers of the USA.
On the other hand, if he loses in court he can unleash a flood of them, like locusts coming down on the left.
It very much depends on how much power and esp discretion the Special Counsel is given. Smith had at least USA level discretion.
Some thing else she can name him. Her chief of staff.
As I understand it only someone who is already serving as an officer of the USA can head a department in an acting capacity.
Did you see the voice actor who voiced Millhouse retired?
Some guy on FOX suggested making Gaetz Bondi’s Chief of Staff,
If she can get the same stuff done with a smoother side, go for it. She’s probably better when it comes to both legal and executive experience. Gaetz will land on his feet and the movement to restore common sense will continue. The woke extremists that are exposed and rejected are not going away quietly.
Isn’t watching them kicking and screaming going to be fun?
When Gaetz was nominated, a lot of people speculated this was Trump playing 4D chess to remove a thorn from the House. They predicted Gaetz would withdraw. I never saw Gaetz as a serious pick, and his withdrawal happened way faster than I expected. Biondi, a relatively stellar pick with credentials and experience, was waiting in the wings. I think she will sail through.
The Gaetz nomination did its job, by putting the career people on notice.
4D chess isn’t that hard. You only have to beat the other guy, and he’s no better than you are. It’s like outrunning bears.
just a public announcement
do not try and outrun a bear
they are a lot faster than you think
esp uphill
You only have to be faster than the other guy he’s with.
They can’t credibly claim she’s not qualified considering she was AG in the 3rd most populated state in the Union for eight years I also think it benefits Trump to have a female in such a high-ranking position. Solid pick.
No, but the Democrats will attack her as a 2020 election denier, and since she was married and divorced twice, there must be several salacious tidbits to dig up on her in her divorce court documents, right? If not, the FBI will fabricate it and leak something to the media.
Omigosh! She’s wearing a silver cross necklace. We can ‘t have that in this rally!
/sarc
White National Supremist Christian!
I don’t like those new, foofy pizzas…. 🙂
Another blonde, white woman in the Trump Cabinet — we can’t have that. It’s unfair to brunettes and redheads.
I am not sure how I feel about her, I also am not sure she is as loyal to Trump as people are saying.
Remember she was the AG when the Trevon trial was going on… she let that travesty continue and let her minions do everything they could to make the process the punishment.
I was going to say, I don’t remember her covering herself in glory during the persecution of George Zimmerman.
And she sure as hell shouldn’t have she was trying to convict an innocent man
Werid how Rick Scott always gets left out of this silly talking point.
(CBS) SANFORD, Fla. — Florida Gov. Rick Scott and Attorney General Pam Bondi have appointed a special prosecutor to investigate the shooting death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, removing the state attorney who had been considering the case.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/florida-gov-appoints-special-prosecutor-to-investigate-trayvon-martin-shooting-death/
she intervened on the defense questioning Crump pretrial on the side of the prosecution,, agreeing with the court;s denial of the questioning
it involved Rachel Jentel (sic) , who the defense suspected wasn’t the real GF
the defense was right, she wasn’t
My take on Bondi? An iron fist in a velvet glove. She’ll do fine.
As I recall it was Gov Rick Scott that appointed a special prosecutor for the Zimmerman case/trial. Bondi didn’t have anything to do with it as FL AG.
She has had some stumbles on the political end with some.ethics complaints related to fund raising and she got a scheduled execution postponed to attend a fundraiser. In the end though she’s a Trump loyalist and has big State AG experience and is a female which shouldn’t matter but does in DC perception. Probably gonna get confirmed if for no other reason than to keep Trump from nominating Mike Davis who is way more outspoken as a disruptor of DC DoJ establishment.
Solid pick. Smart, serious and substantive legal chops. Easy confirmation.
She is good-looking, which will not go over well with the catty Weyward Sisters of DC (Murkowski and Collins).
My name is Bondi, Pamela Bondi.
Love it!!!!
I’m not smiling anymore
WTF Trump
Was a big time Romney supporter. Advocated for Romneycare…wanted it in all 50 states. Fiercely supported Angela Corey’s efforts to put George Zimmerman in prison…and then later made Corey her campaign manager. Close friend of Benjamin Crump.
Indeed. Trump has run off the rails with this pick. Awful. Anyone even remotely connected with Benjamin Crump merits disqualification. Angela Corey should have been disbarred trying to frame an innocent man. As Dershowitz pointed out at the time, Corey left out exculpatory facts in her affidavit as the law required. This pick is so terrible my opinion of Trump has fallen.
Historically the real function of the AG is protect the president. The president usually picks a trusted insider, a crony, for AG. For example, JFK picked his brother as AG, a man who never tried a case. As explained in Chapter Six of Seymour Hersh’s book, “The Dark Side of Camelot,” the 1960 election was stolen.
First Sessions, then Barr, now Bondi. With all the dirt that must be cleaned out of the DOJ, Trump has blown it. Color me very disappointed. I’m going to urge my Senator to vote against her.
And no children
No skin in the game
Probably has cats, lots of them
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