5 Big Questions Pam Bondi Dodged In Her Senate Confirmation Hearing
Donald Trump's nominee to lead the Justice Department ducked questions about judicial independence, Trump's 2020 election loss, Jan. 6 pardons and more.
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Charlie Kirk, the founder of the grass-roots youth organization Turning Point USA, is also in regular contact with Mr. Trump’s inner circle as well as key Republican senators whose “no” votes could sink a Hegseth confirmation — a fact he has used to pressure them into supporting the potential nominee.
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Ratcliffe, director of national intelligence for the final months of Trump’s first term, goes before the Senate Intelligence Committee. The former Texas congressman is in line to lead the nation's premier spy agency, responsible for foreign covert operations and collecting data on U.S. adversaries.
4 takeaways from Pam Bondi’s confirmation hearing
President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for attorney general, former Florida attorney general Pam Bondi (R), is testifying Wednesday in her first of two scheduled confirmation hearings. While Bondi isn’t considered among the Trump nominees that the Republican-majority Senate is likely to reject,
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Bondi was on the road to confirmation, Sen. Alex Padilla, D-Calif., one of her chief antagonists, said as that hearing ended. "Today, Pam Bondi demonstrated exactly why she is an excellent choice to serve as the next Attorney General of the United States,
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