President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Department of Justice (DOJ), Pam Bondi, is moving closer to confirmation after a Senate panel voted to limit debate on her nomination.
Senators voted 52–46 on Monday to invoke cloture on Bondi’s nomination, paving the way for a final vote to confirm the former Florida attorney general.
The Senate Judiciary Committee approved her nomination in a 12–10 vote on Jan. 29. During her Jan. 15 confirmation hearing, Bondi pledged to put an end to what she called “the partisan weaponization” of the DOJ.
“Under my watch, the partisan weaponization of the Department of Justice will end. America must have one tier of justice for all,” Bondi said in her opening statement to the Judiciary Committee….