The Senate confirmed Florida attorney Pam Bondi on Tuesday in a 54–46 vote to be the next U.S. Attorney General.
All 53 Republican Senators voted in favor of Bondi, with one lone Democrat, Pennsylvania's Sen. John Fetterman, crossing party lines to vote in favor of confirmation.
"I look forward to working with her as she transforms the Department of Justice and marches America toward a new era of prosperity and safety," Graham said.
With her confirmation now official, Bondi, 59, will head up the government agency that oversees the enforcement of federal laws and the administration of justice across the United States, and return the DOJ to its "core mission of keeping Americans safe and vigorously prosecuting criminals" and ending the lawfare and partisanship in the agency.
"America will have one-tier of justice for all," she said.
Bondi was previously the Attorney General of Florida from 2011–2019. She completed her undergraduate studies at the University of Florida and earned her law degree from Stetson University, in DeLand, Florida.
She worked on President Donald Trump's legal team during the president's first impeachment trial in 2020. He appointed her to serve on the Kennedy Center Board of Trustees later that year.
Most recently, Bondi worked at the America First Policy Institute, a non-profit think tank created by former Trump administration officials to create policy frameworks for an "America First Agenda," where she chaired its Center for Litigation and co-chaired its Center for Law and Justice.
Trump originally nominated former Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz for the position soon after he won the 2024 election, but Gaetz withdrew his name from consideration the following week, due to Democratic opposition in the Senate.
Gaetz is now a news anchor, hosting "The Matt Gaetz Show" at One America News Network (OAN).
