{"id":128763,"date":"2024-11-22T10:59:16","date_gmt":"2024-11-22T03:59:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=128763"},"modified":"2024-11-22T10:59:16","modified_gmt":"2024-11-22T03:59:16","slug":"pam-bondi-is-trumps-attorney-general-pick-after-gaetz-withdrawal-npr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=128763","title":{"rendered":"Pam Bondi is Trump&#8217;s attorney general pick after Gaetz withdrawal : NPR"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"storytext\">\n<div id=\"resg-s1-35307\" class=\"bucketwrap image large\">\n<div class=\"imagewrap has-source-dimensions\" data-crop-type=\"\" style=\"&#10;        --source-width: 8256;&#10;        --source-height: 5504;&#10;    \">\n        <picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/8256x5504+0+0\/resize\/1100\/quality\/85\/format\/webp\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F00%2Ff7%2F24aa0b9941bab03e5ce979bdf067%2Fgettyimages-2026343662.jpg\" class=\"img\" type=\"image\/webp\" data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/8256x5504+0+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F00%2Ff7%2F24aa0b9941bab03e5ce979bdf067%2Fgettyimages-2026343662.jpg\" data-format=\"webp\"\/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/8256x5504+0+0\/resize\/1100\/quality\/85\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F00%2Ff7%2F24aa0b9941bab03e5ce979bdf067%2Fgettyimages-2026343662.jpg\" class=\"img\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/8256x5504+0+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F00%2Ff7%2F24aa0b9941bab03e5ce979bdf067%2Fgettyimages-2026343662.jpg\" data-format=\"jpeg\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/8256x5504+0+0\/resize\/1100\/quality\/85\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F00%2Ff7%2F24aa0b9941bab03e5ce979bdf067%2Fgettyimages-2026343662.jpg\" class=\"img\" alt=\"Former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi speaks during the annual Conservative Political Action Conference meeting on Feb. 23 in National Harbor, Md.\" data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/8256x5504+0+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F00%2Ff7%2F24aa0b9941bab03e5ce979bdf067%2Fgettyimages-2026343662.jpg\" data-format=\"jpeg\"\/>\n        <\/picture>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"credit-caption\">\n<div class=\"caption-wrap\">\n<div class=\"caption\" aria-label=\"Image caption\">\n<p>\n                Former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi speaks during the annual Conservative Political Action Conference meeting on Feb. 23 in National Harbor, Md.<br \/>\n                <b class=\"credit\" aria-label=\"Image credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                    Mandel Ngan\/AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>                <\/b><br \/>\n                <b class=\"hide-caption\"><b>hide caption<\/b><\/b>\n            <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>            <b class=\"toggle-caption\"><b>toggle caption<\/b><\/b>\n    <\/div>\n<p>    <span class=\"credit\" aria-label=\"Image credit\"><\/p>\n<p>        Mandel Ngan\/AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>    <\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>President-elect Donald Trump has named Pam Bondi, a former attorney general of Florida, as his next pick for U.S. attorney general.<\/p>\n<p>Bondi, who served as Florida&#8217;s top prosecutor from 2011 to 2019, is a longtime ally of Trump&#8217;s and was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2020\/01\/17\/797410242\/president-trump-adds-high-profile-lawyers-for-impeachment-defense\">one of his lawyers<\/a> during his first <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2019\/12\/19\/789704256\/white-house-responds-to-impeachment\" target=\"789704256\" rel=\"noopener\">impeachment<\/a> trial. She leads the legal arm of the America First Policy Institute, a think tank set up by former staffers from Trump&#8217;s first presidency.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement announcing the selection, Trump said: &#8220;Pam was a prosecutor for nearly 20 years, where she was very tough on Violent Criminals, and made the streets safe for Florida Families. Then, as Florida&#8217;s first female Attorney General, she worked to stop the trafficking of deadly drugs, and reduce the tragedy of Fentanyl Overdose Deaths, which have destroyed many families across our Country. She did such an incredible job, that I asked her to serve on our Opioid and Drug Abuse Commission during my first Term \u2014 We saved many lives!&#8221;<\/p>\n<aside id=\"ad-backstage-wrap\" class=\"ad-wrap backstage\" aria-label=\"advertisement\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Trump added: &#8220;For too long, the partisan Department of Justice has been weaponized against me and other Republicans \u2014 Not anymore. Pam will refocus the DOJ to its intended purpose of fighting Crime, and Making America Safe Again.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><!-- END ID=\"RESNX-S1-5201397-100\" CLASS=\"BUCKETWRAP INTERNALLINK INSETTWOCOLUMN INSET2COL \" --><\/p>\n<p>The Department of Justice has been key to Trump&#8217;s agenda for his second term as he potentially seeks to make the department more accountable to the president and go after his perceived enemies. Trump&#8217;s Vice President-elect JD Vance <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2024\/11\/12\/nx-s1-5183881\/president-elect-donald-trump-still-must-decide-who-will-lead-the-justice-department\" target=\"nx-s1-5183881\" rel=\"noopener\">called <\/a>the role of attorney general the most important job in the next administration, after the president.<\/p>\n<p>Whoever winds up in the role will have to enforce Trump&#8217;s agenda while also overseeing the day-to-day operations of a department of more than <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/about\">115,000 people<\/a>, which prosecutes crimes, polices businesses, protects civil rights and defends U.S. laws across all facets of government.<\/p>\n<p>Bondi&#8217;s selection continues Trump&#8217;s practice of choosing his former lawyers for senior roles in his new administration. Last week, he picked former federal prosecutor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2024\/11\/14\/g-s1-34264\/trump-blanche-deputy-attorney-general-bove-sauer\" target=\"g-s1-34264\" rel=\"noopener\">Todd Blanche<\/a> as his deputy attorney general and Emil Bove as principal associate deputy attorney general, who would be acting deputy attorney general while Blanche is awaiting confirmation. Both men defended Trump in his legal cases, including the New York criminal case in which a jury found him guilty of 34 felony counts. Trump has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2024\/11\/19\/nx-s1-5186995\/new-york-criminal-trump-immunity\" target=\"nx-s1-5186995\" rel=\"noopener\">not been sentenced<\/a> in that case.<\/p>\n<div id=\"resnx-s1-5201397-101\" class=\"bucketwrap internallink insettwocolumn inset2col \">\n<div class=\"bucket img\">\n                  <a class=\"imagewrap\" id=\"featuredStackSquareImageg-s1-33773\" href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2024\/11\/12\/g-s1-33773\/trump-cabinet-advisers-administration\" data-metrics-ga4=\"{&quot;category&quot;:&quot;recirculation&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:&quot;story_recirculation_click&quot;,&quot;clickType&quot;:&quot;inset box&quot;,&quot;clickUrl&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.npr.org\\\/2024\\\/11\\\/12\\\/g-s1-33773\\\/trump-cabinet-advisers-administration&quot;}\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/2816x2816+759+0\/resize\/100\/quality\/15\/format\/png\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F56%2F39%2F50e4c56e4369bde2c4f82cf9be4a%2Fheader-promo.png\" data-original=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/2816x2816+759+0\/resize\/100\/quality\/100\/format\/png\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F56%2F39%2F50e4c56e4369bde2c4f82cf9be4a%2Fheader-promo.png\" data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/2816x2816+759+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F56%2F39%2F50e4c56e4369bde2c4f82cf9be4a%2Fheader-promo.png\" data-format=\"webp\" class=\"img lazyOnLoad\" type=\"image\/webp\"\/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/2816x2816+759+0\/resize\/100\/quality\/15\/format\/png\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F56%2F39%2F50e4c56e4369bde2c4f82cf9be4a%2Fheader-promo.png\" data-original=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/2816x2816+759+0\/resize\/100\/quality\/100\/format\/png\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F56%2F39%2F50e4c56e4369bde2c4f82cf9be4a%2Fheader-promo.png\" data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/2816x2816+759+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F56%2F39%2F50e4c56e4369bde2c4f82cf9be4a%2Fheader-promo.png\" data-format=\"png\" class=\"img lazyOnLoad\" type=\"image\/png\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/2816x2816+759+0\/resize\/100\/quality\/100\/format\/png\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F56%2F39%2F50e4c56e4369bde2c4f82cf9be4a%2Fheader-promo.png\" data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/2816x2816+759+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F56%2F39%2F50e4c56e4369bde2c4f82cf9be4a%2Fheader-promo.png\" data-format=\"png\" class=\"img lazyOnLoad\" alt=\"Here's who Trump has picked as Cabinet members and key advisers\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/picture><\/a>         <\/p>\n<p><!-- END CLASS=\"BUCKETBLOCK\" -->\n      <\/div>\n<p><!-- END CLASS=\"BUCKET IMG\" -->\n   <\/div>\n<p><!-- END ID=\"RESNX-S1-5201397-101\" CLASS=\"BUCKETWRAP INTERNALLINK INSETTWOCOLUMN INSET2COL \" --><\/p>\n<p>The selection of former Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz, Trump&#8217;s prior pick for attorney general, faced controversy from the day he was selected last week, stemming from allegations that he participated in sex parties, used illegal drugs and had sex with a minor \u2014 allegations that Gaetz has consistently denied. The FBI investigated these charges beginning in 2021, but the Justice Department never brought charges. <\/p>\n<p>Some lawmakers were also concerned Gaetz lacked the temperament and experience to lead a department, which has long valued its independence and impartiality in enforcing the law.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2024\/11\/21\/nx-s1-5201397\/pam-bondi-trump-attorney-general\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi speaks during the annual Conservative Political Action Conference meeting on Feb. 23 in National Harbor, Md. 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