Donald Trump's nominee to lead the Justice Department ducked questions about judicial independence, Trump's 2020 election loss, Jan. 6 pardons and more.

Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Justice Department, Pam Bondi, is set to face questions Wednesday on Capitol Hill over her loyalty to the Republican president-elect, who has vowed to use the agency to

Bondi’s statement represented both a refusal to admit Trump lost and an attempt to erase the mob violence Trump unleashed on the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, which made the transfer of power from Trump to Biden a bit less than peaceful.

Attorney general nominee Pam Bondi ... of the United States. He was duly sworn in, and he is the president of the United States. There was a peaceful transition of power. President Trump left office and was overwhelmingly elected in 2024,” Bondi said.

The question seemed simple enough. To paraphrase, the question was who lost the 2020 election. That question led to an

Pam Bondi, Donald Trump's choice for attorney general, survived an at times contentious hearing while declining to say if Joe Biden won the 2020 vote.

Bondi faced heated questions from Democratic senators in her confirmation hearing as they scrutinized her loyalty to President-elect Donald Trump.

The president-elect's pick to lead the Justice Department refused to acknowledge the legitimacy of the 2020 election

Rubio appeared to be on a glide path to winning confirmation as secretary of state while Bondi looks poised to become the nation’s top law enforcement official.

Does the prospective attorney general nominee simply not keep up on the news, or were her confirmation hearing answers less than truthful?

Senator Marco Rubio, President-elect Trump's choice for Secretary of State, addressed multiple foreign policy challenges during his confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill. If confirmed as America's top diplomat, Rubio said he wants to avoid past mistakes where the U.S. prioritized the global order over national interests.

Here are five key takeaways from the first day of Bondi’s confirmation hearing: Accusing President Joe Biden of coordinating political prosecutions, Bondi said that she would only bring cases based on “facts and law” and said she has not discussed starting investigations of Trump’s enemies with the president-elect.