A member of the Republican Party, she served as Florida attorney general from 2011 to 2019, the first woman elected to the office. In 2020, Bondi was one of President Donald Trump's defense lawyers during his first impeachment trial.

2 days ago · U.S. Senate votes 54-46 to confirm Pam Bondi as attorney general. Florida's senators, both Republicans, voted for Bondi's confirmation. Janet Reno was the first female attorney general.

3 days ago · WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate confirmed Pam Bondi as U.S. attorney general Tuesday evening, putting a longtime ally of Donald Trump at the helm of a Justice Department that has already been rattled by the firings of career employees seen as disloyal to the Republican president.. The vote fell almost entirely along party lines, with only Sen. John Fetterman, a Pennsylvania Democrat, joining ...

2 days ago · WASHINGTON (AP) — Pam Bondi was sworn in Wednesday as attorney general, taking charge of the Justice Department as it braces for upheaval with President Donald Trump aiming to exert his will over an agency that has long provoked his ire. The ceremony took place in the Oval Office and it was the first time that the Republican president had participated in a second-term swearing-in of a ...

3 days ago · Born in Tampa, Florida, Bondi studied criminal justice at the University of Florida then received a degree from Stetson University College of Law. She was admitted to the Florida Bar in 1991.

3 days ago · Bondi served as Florida's attorney general from 2011 to 2019 and was a defense lawyer for Trump in his first impeachment trial. There, Trump was acquitted – largely along party lines ...

3 days ago · In 2010, Ms. Bondi emerged from a crowded Republican primary to win the Florida attorney general’s race. Over her eight years in the job, Ms. Bondi became a national figure in the battle against ...

3 days ago · The Senate voted Tuesday night to confirm Pam Bondi as attorney general, making the tenacious litigator the latest official to help fill out President Donald Trump’s administration. The vote was ...

3 days ago · Former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi is sworn in during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on her nomination to be U.S. Attorney General, on Capitol Hill, in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 15, 2025.

Nov 26, 2024 · NEW YORK (AP) — Pam Bondi, the former Florida attorney general, was chosen by Donald Trump to serve as U.S. attorney general hours after his first choice, Matt Gaetz, withdrew from consideration after a federal sex trafficking investigation and ethics probe made his ability to be confirmed dubious.