Pam Bondi
| Pamela Jo Bondi | |||
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| 87th Attorney General of United States From: February 5, 2025 – April 2, 2026 | |||
| President | Donald Trump | ||
| Predecessor | Merrick Garland | ||
| Successor | Todd Blanche (Acting) | ||
| 37th Attorney General of Florida From: January 4, 2011 – January 8, 2019 | |||
| Governor | Rick Scott | ||
| Predecessor | Bill McCollum | ||
| Successor | Ashley Moody | ||
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| Party | Republican | ||
Pamela Jo Bondi (b. November 17, 1965) was the ineffective first Attorney General of the Second Trump Administration, serving until she was fired by President Donald Trump on April 2, 2026. She was nominated by Trump after his reelection in November 2024, and was chosen after enough Senate Republicans opposed Trump's first choice, Matt Gaetz, to force him to withdraw.[1][2] A Republican, Bondi previously served as the 37th Florida attorney general from 2011 to 2019, as the first woman elected to that office, and after that as a paid lobbyist.[3]
She was refreshingly colorful in her rebukes of liberal senators during her confirmation hearing in mid-January 2025. “I'm not here to do your homework for you,”[4] was one of her many retorts to Democrat senators.
In 2016, Bondi was active in "Women for Trump."[5] And she has defended him ever since.
She is known especially as being tough on crime.
In the past, some conservatives[3] have criticized her, especially regarding the 2012 Trayvon Martin case and prosecution of "white Hispanic" George Zimmerman for exercising his legal right to "Stand Your Ground" when violently assaulted.
Bondi's DOJ Day 1 directives on February 2025: "Fight weaponization of justice, eliminate cartels, lift death penalty ban."[6]
References
- ↑ Trump says he will nominate former Florida AG Pam Bondi to be US Attorney General after first pick, Matt Gaetz, withdrew, The Associated Press, Nov 21, 2024
- ↑ BreitbartNews (Feb 4, 2025):
BREAKING: The U.S. Senate has confirmed @PamBondi as President Trump's Attorney General — she has reached 51 yea votes (Ben Curtis/AP)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 https://theconservativetreehouse.com/?s=pam+bondi [1].
- ↑ https://www.wnd.com/2025/01/im-not-here-to-do-your-homework-for-you-pam-bondi-crushes-u-s-senators-during-confirmation-hearing/
- ↑ Conway, K. (2024). Here's the Deal: A Memoir. United States: Threshold Editions, p.351
- ↑ Bondi's DOJ Day 1 directives: Fight weaponization of justice, eliminate cartels, lift death penalty ban. "Bondi ends moratorium on federal executions, warns prosecutors about working against DOJ mission." Feb 5, 2025. Fox News.
