"It's pretty clear that Pam Bondi is going to be the next attorney general of the United States,” J. Christian Adams, himself a former Department of Justice attorney, tells AFN.
Facing down a barrage of accusations and criticism, Adams says Bondi was “on target” with what she told senators and how she named and articulated the problems she plans to address if confirmed.
“She knows what the problems are and she knows the right course forward,” Adams observes. “She knows the rule of law is important and she understands that honesty and integrity are paramount for the position.”
In one confrontation, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse lectured Bondi that a “prosecutor’s job” is to “start with a crime and look for a name.”
Bondi, however, flipped the script and reminded the Senator – and everyone else – what happened to Trump in numerous courtrooms after he left office.
“Senator,” she replied, “I think that is the whole problem with the weaponization that we have seen the last four years and what's been happening to Donald Trump.”
About 'weaponization' at the DOJ
On the topic of "weaponization," Republican Sen. Josh Hawley reminded everyone listening how the Department of Justice made local school board meetings a political target because irate parents were protesting liberal ideology in the classrooms.
Bowing to White House pressure, Hawley recalled, Attorney General Merrick Garland "amazingly" and "unbelievably" issued a memorandum targeting parents.
At the time, in 2021, the Department of Justice brought together three separate divisions to form a "task force" to investigate parents, AFN has reported.
Not done with that topic, Hawley pointed out lawyers at the Department of Justice have prosecuted non-violent pro-life protesters for violating the FACE Act after the landmark Dobbs abortion ruling.
AFN has reported the DOJ has made few arrests of the other side even after churches and pro-life pregnancy centers have been vandalized, and even set on fire, which meets the DOJ's definition of domestic terrorism.
What Democrats seem to be concerned about is the Trump administration turning the “lawfare” tables on them, especially at the Department of Justice, but Bondi told Sen. Whitehouse she should would follow the law even after watching Trump being “targeted” for political reasons as far back as 2016.
“If I am attorney general, I will not politicize that office," Bondi vowed. "I will not target people simply because of their political affiliation.”
Bondi remembered FISA warrant lie
Bondi also used her clash with Sen. Whitehouse to bring up a name known to many Republicans and conservatives, Kevin Clinesmith. He is the former FBI attorney made famous for altering a FISA warrant for a Trump ally, Carter Page, who was surveilled by the FBI over suspicion of being a spy for Russia.
An investigation by the DOJ inspector general uncovered what Clinesmith had done, which was write that Page was “not a source” for the CIA when he was a source for the spy agency and which explained his close contacts with Russians.
Clinesmith was sentenced to probation for changing that information about Page, which he claimed was an innocent mistake, and it was never uncovered if he was ordered to make that key change to hurt Trump and to help Biden.
Much like the inspector general's report found Clinesmith's misdeeds, it was a Freedom of Information Act request that revealed the U.S. Department of Education had collaborated with the National School Board Association to target parents.
Bondi called 'incredibly competent'
Bondi, 59, may be most well-known for serving as Florida’s attorney general as well as for her loyalty to Trump after representing him during his first impeachment proceedings.
More recently, Bondi worked for Washington, D.C.-based lobbying firm Ballard Partners where she represented powerful clients, such as Amazon and Major League Baseball. She also represented the Middle East country of Qatar at the firm.
Bondi also worked with the America First Policy Institute where she led its legal arm, the Center for Litigation and the Center for Law and Justice.
Jenna Ellis, a former personal attorney for then-President Donald Trump, tells AFN she has known Bondi for years and remains impressed by her competence and her kindness.
“I know her to be an incredibly competent, equipped, just wonderfully experienced person, and I think she's a phenomenal pick,” Ellis says of Bondi.
Ellis, a morning show host on American Family Radio, is also a victim of Democrat lawfare for representing Trump after the 2020 election.
