同一天，前众议员马特·盖兹不再考虑作为当选总统唐纳德·特朗普的司法部长，特朗普宣布他将选择前佛罗里达州司法部长帕姆·邦迪将在政府中担任这一职务。
59岁的邦迪多年来一直留在特朗普的核心圈子里，继续为他提供法律事务方面的建议。她是特朗普首次参议院弹劾审判期间为他辩护的律师之一。
“我认识帕姆很多年了——她聪明、坚强，是一名美国第一斗士，作为司法部长，她会做得非常出色!”特朗普在一篇真相社交帖子中说。
邦迪的提名必须得到参议院的确认。她没有立即对特朗普的声明发表评论。
十多年来，邦迪一直是特朗普的关键支持者，并卷入了一些争议，包括特朗普在2020年推出的“弥天大谎”。
2013年，特朗普基金会向邦迪的筹款委员会捐款2.5万美元，用于她的司法部长连任竞选。大约在同一时间，邦迪的办公室考虑到审查纽约总检察长办公室提起的一项调查特朗普和特朗普大学的诉讼，但它最终没有加入诉讼。
邦迪和特朗普都否认了捐款导致她决定不加入诉讼的指控。她支持特朗普竞选总统，并在2016年共和党全国代表大会上发表讲话，领导了一场反对时任国务卿希拉里·克林顿的“把她锁起来的圣歌”。她还担任了特朗普2020年连任竞选的联合主席，并在当年的共和党全国代表大会上发言。
邦迪2010年当选佛罗里达州总检察长，2014年连任。她在2019年离开了总检察长办公室，因为她被限制在两届任期内。一年后，她被选为特朗普首次弹劾审判的辩护团队成员。他在参议院被宣告无罪。
邦迪在2020年大选期间继续是特朗普法律团队的一部分，并在输给乔·拜登时多次提出关于选民欺诈的虚假指控。
最近，她成为保守派智库美国第一政策研究所(America First Policy Institute)的成员，该研究所由前特朗普政府官员组建。根据该智库的网站，她是AFPI诉讼中心的主席，也是法律与司法中心的联合主席。
在今年的选举中，邦迪和AFPI的律师在战场州卷入了先发制人的选举诉讼。
特朗普任命了他的其他一些私人律师担任司法部的高级职务，包括托德·布兰奇、埃米尔·波维和d .约翰·绍尔。
Trump announces Pam Bondi is his new AG pick after Gaetz withdraws
On the same day that former Rep. Matt Gaetzwithdrew from considerationas President-elect Donald Trump's attorney general, Trump announced that he will pick formerFloridaAttorney General Pam Bondi to fill that role in his administration.
Bondi, 59, has remained in Trump’s inner circle for years and has continued to advise him on legal matters. She was one of the lawyers who defended Trump during his first Senate impeachment trial.
"I have known Pam for many years -- She is smart and tough, and is an AMERICA FIRST Fighter, who will do a terrific job as Attorney General!" Trump said in a Truth Social post.
Bondi's nomination must be confirmed by the Senate. She did not immediately comment on Trump's announcement.
For more than a decade, Bondi has been a key Trump supporter and has been involved in some controversies, including the "big lie," pushed by Trump in 2020.
In 2013, the Trump Foundation sent a $25,000 donation to Bondi's fundraising committee for her attorney general reelection campaign. Around the same time, Bondi's office had beenconsideringreviewing a lawsuit filed by the New York attorney general's office that probed Trump and Trump University, but it ultimately did not join the suit.
Bondi and Trump both denied allegations that the donation led to her decision to not join the lawsuit. She endorsed Trump for his presidential run and spoke at the 2016 Republican National Convention leading a "lock her up chant" against then-Secretary of State Hilary Clinton. She also served as a co-chair of Trump's 2020 reelection bid and spoke at that year's Republican National Convention.
Bondi was elected Florida attorney general in 2010 and reelected in 2014. She left the AG's office in 2019 because she was limited to two terms. A year later, she was selected for Trump's defense team for his first impeachment trial. He was acquitted in the Senate.
Bondi continued to be part of Trump's legal team during the 2020 election and repeatedly made false claims about voter fraud when he lost to Joe Biden.
Recently, she has been a member of the conservative think tank America First Policy Institute, which was formed by former Trump administrationofficials. She serves as AFPI's chair for the Center for Litigation, and co-chair of the Center for Law and Justice, according to the think tank's website.
Bondi and AFPI attorneys were involved in preemptive election lawsuits in battleground states during this year's election.
Trump has named some of his other personal attorneys to senior roles in the Department of Justice including Todd Blanche, Emil Bove and D. John Sauer.
