The Senate has confirmed Pamela Bondi as the next United States attorney general.
The Senate confirmed Bondi in a vote of 54 to 46 Tuesday night, with all Republicans and one Democrat voting in favor of confirmation. The former Florida attorney general earned a reputation for fighting opioid “pill mills,” human trafficking, and organized crime. Trump said when he tapped Bondi for the role of United States attorney general that “she is smart and tough” and “will refocus the DOJ to its intended purpose of fighting crime.”
“Congratulations to our wonderful and very talented United States Attorney General, Pam Bondi, who gets sworn in today amid tremendous support, and the respect of ALL,” President Donald Trump wrote Wednesday on Truth Social. “I know Pam well, it was an honor to appoint her, and my prediction is that she will go down as one of the best and most consequential Attorney Generals in the history of our Country.”
Bondi will likely play an instrumental role in Trump’s reform of federal law enforcement. If Congress confirms Trump’s FBI director nominee Kash Patel, the duo will be tasked with de-weaponizing an apparatus that, for far too long, has targeted conservatives — from Trump, to non-violent Jan. 6 protestors, to a whistleblower who exposed child transgender mutilations.
Bondi’s office will also face issues like enforcing immigration law, executing antitrust laws against Big Tech, and ensuring equal treatment of citizens by federal agencies.
During Bondi’s first confirmation hearing, Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley bashed the political weaponization of America’s justice system against Americans over the last decade and called on Bondi to ensure such conduct “never happens again,” as The Federalist has reported.
Meanwhile, throughout the hearing, Bondi repeatedly pushed back on Democrat senators’ “concerns” about Trump potentially weaponizing the DOJ, despite the Biden and Obama administrations doing just that.
Bondi affirmed that “it is the job of the Attorney General to follow the law,” and vowed that, if confirmed to the role, “it will be my job to not only keep America safe, but restore integrity” to the Justice Department.
“Every case will be prosecuted based on the facts and the law that is applied in good faith,” she said. “Politics have got to be taken out of the system. This department has been weaponized for years, and years, and years.”
A group of 30 then-“current and future” state attorneys general urged Senate leadership to confirm Bondi in a December letter.
“She will bring to the office a unique combination of civil and criminal experience and a tenacious work ethic,” the letter reads. “Most importantly, she will bring a steadfast and unwavering commitment to the rule of law.”
Logan Washburn is a staff writer covering election integrity. He is a spring 2025 fellow of The College Fix. He graduated from Hillsdale College, served as Christopher Rufo’s editorial assistant, and has bylines in The Wall Street Journal, The Tennessean, and The Daily Caller. Logan is from Central Oregon but now lives in rural Michigan.
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