Washington – Washington (AP) – Pam Bondi He was sworn on Wednesday as attorney general, taking charge of the Department of Justice While preparing for agitation with President Donald Trump with the aim of exercising his will on an agency that has caused his anger for a long time.
The ceremony took place in the Oval office and it was the first time that the Republican president had participated in a second -term oath of a cabinet member. It was an additional evidence of Trump’s intense personal interest in the department’s operations that investigated him during his first term and then brought two abandoned accusations after leaving office in 2021.
Before the judge of the Supreme Court Clarence Thomas administered the oath of the position, Trump praised the history of Bondi as a prosecutor and said he will restore “just justice, the same and impartial in the department.”
Bondi told the president that he would not disappoint him. “I will make you proud and I will make this country proud,” he said.
“I will restore integrity to the Department of Justice and fight against violent crime throughout this country and throughout this world, and I will make the United States safe again,” Bondi said.
The Senate confirmed to Bondi, who was Florida’s first attorney before becoming a lobbyist, a 54-46 vote on Tuesday that was almost completely in the lines of the party. The only Democrat to join the Republicans was the senator of Pennsylvania John Fetterman.
Republicans say that Bondi will bring a very necessary change to an apartment that they unfairly believe Pursued to Trump through investigations And he mistreated his supporters who were prosecuted in relation to The disturbance of the Capitol on January 6, 2021.
As the Attorney General Bondi will supervise the FBI, which is in confusion about the scrutiny of the agents involved in research related to Trump. He has made clear his desire to go after his perceived adversaries.