(FOX NEWS) — Members of the Senate voted late Tuesday to confirm Pam Bondi, attorney general nominee of President Donald Trump, voting 54-46 to install the longtime prosecutor and former Florida attorney general to head up the U.S. Department of Justice.
Bondi’s confirmation comes as both the Justice Department and FBI have been under scrutiny by Democrats in Congress, who have raised concerns over Trump’s recent decision to pardon or commute the sentences of 1,600 criminal dependents in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riots and to oust more than 15 inspectors general and special counsel investigators.
To date, there are no known plans to conduct sweeping removals or take punitive action against the agents involved in the Jan. 6 investigations.
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