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.

In sometimes fiery exchanges, former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi fielded questions during a Senate confirmation hearing for her attorney general nomination about whether she would prosecute President-elect Donald Trump’s declared political enemies.

Donald Trump's nominee to lead the Justice Department ducked questions about judicial independence, Trump's 2020 election loss, Jan. 6 pardons and more.

Trump said Bondi would “refocus the DOJ to its intended purpose of fighting Crime, and Making America Safe Again” in her role as attorney general.

Pam Bondi, Donald Trump’s pick for attorney general, sought to reassure Democratic senators Wednesday that her Justice Department would not prosecute anyone for political purposes but also refused to rule out the potential for investigations into adversaries of the Republican president-elect.

Senators will on Wednesday begin their public deliberations over Donald Trump's choice to lead the Justice Department, former Florida state Attorney General Pam Bondi.

Some of Trump's more controversial picks for Cabinet positions are set to face the Senate for confirmation hearings this week.

Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), a member of the Judiciary Committee, joins MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell to discuss his questioning of Donald Trump’s Attorney General pick Pam Bondi during her first day of confirmation hearings.

Sen. Jack Reed (R.I.), the top Democrat on the Senate Armed Services Committee, told Pete Hegseth, President-elect Trump’s pick to head the Department of Defense, that he is plainly unqualified and lacks the necessary character to lead the nation’s armed forces. “I do not believe that you are qualified to meet the overwhelming demands of…

Donald Trump's pick for Attorney General, former Florida AG Pam Bondi, will appear before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday around 9:30 a.m.

Watch the confirmation hearing for former Florida attorney general Pam Bondi, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for attorney general, before the Senate Judiciary Committee.

Pam Bondi, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for attorney general, testifies at a confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee.