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Trump Goes Back To Sunshine State For New AG Nominee; Florida’s Pam Bondi Selected After Matt Gaetz Drops Out
Trump Picks Florida's Pam Bondi For Attorney General Hours After Scandal Riddled Matt Gaetz Drops Out
Donald Trump & then Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi at the White House in 2018. during a meeting with state andGetty Images Just hours after the scandal-riddled ex-Florida Congressman Matt Gaetz took himself out of consideration to be Donald Trump ‘s Attorney General, the former and future president has gone back the Sunshine State for his second choice to be America’s top cop. “For too long, the partisan Department of Justice has been weaponized against me and other Republicans – Not anymore,” Trump announced this afternoon on social media, “Pam will refocus the DOJ to its intended purpose of fighting Crime, and Making America Safe Again. Florida AG from 2011 to 2019 and the first woman elected to the job, Bondi served on Trump’s defense team for his first impeachment trial in early 2020.
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