‘He’s Gonna Have His Bootlickers’: Donald Trump Accused of ‘Setting the Most Corrupt Administration In American History’ After Selecting Pam Bondi As New AG Pick

Pam Bondi, Donald Trump’s second nominee for U.S. Attorney General, meets many of the qualifications the president-elect seems to value most in selecting his Cabinet. -She’s not an “establishment” favorite. It’s unlikely any other president would’ve had the former two-term Florida attorney general on a short list to be the nation’s chief law enforcement officer. -She’s a frequent guest on Fox News Channel, where she regularly parrots Trump talking points. Former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi stands on stage in an empty Mellon Auditorium while addressing the Republican National Convention on August 25, 2020, in Washington, DC. The novel coronavirus pandemic has forced the Republican Party to move away from an in-person convention to a televised format, similar to the Democratic Party’s convention a week earlier. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) -Most importantly, she’s fervently loyal to the commander-in-chief-to-be. Their relationship goes back years, even before Trump entered the political fray. And it may be the one thing that stands between Bondi and confirmation, although most political observers expect her to survive the process. “She is certainly qualified for the position on paper,” David Weinstein, a former federal prosecutor in Florida who now works as a defense attorney with Jones...