Attorney General Pam Bondi, in some of her first moves on the job, is shifting the Justice Department’s national security priorities away from initiatives that have been a source of irritation for President Donald Trump and his allies.

Bondi was confirmed by a vote of 54-46, and will now take the reins at the Justice Department at a moment when it is facing questions about the risk of political influence at the department.

Attorney General Pam Bondi is expected to order a review of the cases brought against President Donald Trump, including those undertaken by prosecutors in New York who successfully defeated him in court.

Pam Bondi has been sworn in as attorney general. She's taking charge of the Justice Department as it braces for upheaval with President Donald Trump looking to exert his will over an agency that's long provoked his ire.

Although the department historically has insisted on remaining independent of the White House, Bondi made clear that she was working to overhaul a DOJ that Trump has insisted is both biased against him and against political conservatives in general.

New York University law professor Stephen Gillers told Newsweek that Bondi cannot reverse Trump's New York criminal conviction. "Only the New York courts c

Pam Bondi was sworn in as the new US Attorney General on Wednesday, February 6, 2025 by a 54-46 vote in the Senate."Have fun," Mr. Trump told Bondi after she was sworn in, later adding that Bondi will "take crime out of the system.

Hours after new Attorney General Pam Bondi was sworn in, she issued a flurry of orders including a review of the federal prosecution of President Donald Trump. Among the 14 directives, Bondi called for the creation of a "Weaponization Working Group" that will scrutinize the work of special counsel Jack Smith,