BREAKING: Controversial Trump Nominee Pam Bondi Is Officially Confirmed!

She’s not controversial in my book, but Pam Bondi faced a very difficult confirmation hearing and was not guaranteed to be confirmed.

But I am pleased to report she has officially been confirmed by the Senate with a vote of 54-46:

BREAKING: Pam Bondi has been confirmed as the next Attorney General of the United States.

The vote was 54-46. pic.twitter.com/svSmJ0LmY5

— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) February 5, 2025

Interestingly, John Fetterman crossed the aisle to vote YES for Pam Bondi:

NEW: John Fetterman just voted YES to make Pam Bondi Trump’s Attorney General.

Bondi was confirmed by a vote of 54 to 46, securing the position for the former Florida Attorney General.

“The lone Democrat to vote for Bondi was Senator Fetterman of Pennsylvania. It’s frankly… pic.twitter.com/qdLsPe7Igo

— Noah Christopher (@DailyNoahNews) February 5, 2025

Fox News reported the following:

The Senate voted late Tuesday to confirm Pam Bondi, President Donald Trump’s nominee for attorney general, voting 54-46 to install the longtime prosecutor and former Florida attorney general to head the U.S. Department of Justice.

Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., bucked his party to make the vote bipartisan. He was the only Democrat to join Republicans in support of the nominee.

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Bondi’s confirmation comes as both the Justice Department and FBI have been under scrutiny by Democrats in Congress who have raised concerns over Trump’s recent decision to pardon or commute the sentences of 1,600 defendants in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riots and to oust more than 15 inspectors general and special counsel investigators.

To date, there are no known plans to conduct sweeping removals or take punitive action against the agents involved in the Jan. 6 investigations.

But U.S. Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove sparked fresh concerns last week after he directed the acting FBI director to identify all current and former bureau employees assigned to the Jan. 6 cases for internal review.

The effort prompted FBI agents to file two separate lawsuits Tuesday seeking emergency injunctive relief in federal court, arguing in the lawsuits that any effort by the DOJ or FBI to review or discriminate against agents involved in the Jan. 6 probe would be both “unlawful and retaliatory” and a violation of civil service protections.

Bondi has repeatedly said she will not use her position to advance any political agenda, a refrain she returned to many times during her hours-long confirmation hearing.

“Politics has to be taken out of this system,” Bondi told the Senate Judiciary Committee last month.

Bondi’s nomination earned praise both from Republicans and some Democrats in the chamber for her composure and her ability to deftly navigate thorny and politically tricky topics and lines of questioning from some would-be detractors.

She was widely expected to glide to confirmation after the hearing, and her nomination had earned the praise of more than 110 former senior Justice Department officials, including former attorneys general and dozens of Democratic and Republican state attorneys general, who praised her experience and work across party and state lines.

Those backers described Bondi in interviews and letters previewed exclusively by Fox News Digital as an experienced and motivated prosecutor whose record has proven to be more as a consensus builder than a bridge-burner.

Here’s more, from Fox News:

BREAKING: Pam Bondi confirmed by a vote of 54-46! pic.twitter.com/ILKqtRaD8H

— Kim “Katie” USA (@KimKatieUSA) February 5, 2025

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