The Republican -led US Senate on Tuesday confirmed Palm Bondi as the new American Attorney General, inspiring one of the staunch political colleagues of President Donald Trump for the top of American law enforcement.
To confirm the former State Attorney General of Florida, 54-46 votes will help Trump to solidify the US justice department, which recently targeted the prosecutors and FBI agents who investigated 6 January 2021 The deduction has been seen, attacking American capital by supporters of the President.
Democratic senator John Fetterman joined all 53 Republicans in voting for Bandy.
The 59 -year -old Bondi vowed to maintain the independence of the department during a confirmation hearing last month, telling MPs that it would not inject politics into criminal or civil investigation.
But the MPs have continued to reduce concerns about whether he would oppose Trump to potentially inappropriate or illegal orders, after the firing of dozens of prosecutors who made criminal allegations against him.
After entering the office on 20 January, Trump signed an executive order, which he called the “weapons” of the federal law enforcement and intelligence agencies and to the Attorney General “Citizens who reviewed the activities of all departments and agencies or Ordered to use the Criminal Enforcement Authority Authority. “
Bondi, who spent decades of time as an prosecutor, represented Trump during his first impeachment test. He has also echoed some of his false claims about voter fraud in the 2020 presidential election.
The upcoming Attorney General Trump’s media company, Trump holds a stake in the Media and Technology Group, has filed with the office of government morality as per financial revelations.
Bandy was Trump’s second pick for top American law enforcement job. His first choice, former US representative Matt Gatez resigned from Congress and withdrew his name just before the report of the House of Representative Ethics, which found that he had paid women for sex and drugs and interrupted Congress Did
Gatez is the only Trump Cabinet enrolled person so far that eliminates his dialect for the office. The Senate committees on Tuesday carried forward the nomination of two of Trump’s two most controversial nominations, Robert F. Kennedy Junior asked the country’s top health officer and Tulsi Gabbard to serve as its top detective.
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