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.

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.

Pam Bondi told the Senate Judiciary Committee she would push to return the Justice Department to “its core mission” if confirmed as the next attorney general, vowing during her confirmation Wednesday to tackle gangs,

President-elect Donald Trump's pick for attorney general, Pam Bondi, is testifying to the Senate Committee on the Judiciary on Wednesday.

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.

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…

Minn., and attorney general nominee Pam Bondi go back and forth during a Senate confirmation hearing as lawmakers decide whether to support her.

Thursday on the RealClearPolitics radio show -- weeknights at 6:00 p.m. on SiriusXM's POTUS Channel 124 and then on Apple, Spotify, and here on our website -- Andrew Walworth, Tom Bevan, and RCP senior elections analyst Sean Trende start with a review last night's prime-time address by President Joe Biden about his legacy and accomplishments.

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.

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

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.