Pam Bondi was sworn in as U.S. attorney general after a Senate confirmation vote of 54-46, with bipartisan support. She is the third woman to hold this position and is committed to restoring integrity to the Justice Department. In her inaugural statement, Bondi emphasized her goals of fighting violent crime and addressing serious criminal issues, referencing her experience as Florida's attorney general. Additionally, she plans to oversee cases involving Trump and lead a new initiative focusing on alleged politicization of the justice system by the Biden administration.
"I will make you proud and I will make this country proud," she told Trump during the ceremony. "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 previously served as the attorney general of Florida, where she targeted human trafficking and the opioid crisis. She said in her confirmation hearings before the Senate Judiciary Committee that she would prosecute criminals involved with 'gangs, drugs, terrorists, cartels, our border, and our foreign adversaries' and restore Americans' confidence in the Department of Justice.
She is the third woman to hold the position.
Bondi is set to review criminal and civil cases brought against Trump and start a 'Weaponization Working Group' to look into the Biden administration's alleged politicization of the justice process.
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