Who is Pam Bondi, Trump’s choice for U.S. attorney general?

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00:00President-elect Donald Trump is choosing some of his strongest supporters to be members of his cabinet

00:06However his selection for the nation's top law enforcer

00:09They face some tough questions over ethics and lobbying VOA senior Washington correspondent

00:16Carolyn Pursuti takes a look at Pat Bondi

00:21Prior to being Attorney General of Florida

00:23I was a career prosecutor for 18 years. Pam Bondi is best known as the first female Attorney General of Florida

00:30The home state of Mar-a-Lago, which is the home of President-elect Donald Trump

00:34Here's what Bondi told VOA in 2012 when she was first elected. All I want to be is Attorney General. That's it

00:41That's what I'm focused on. I'm very determined. I'm driven. I'm a prosecutor

00:47Bondi spoke at a Republican National Convention in 2016 when Donald Trump was the party's presidential nominee

00:53Three months before he won the presidency

00:55I know Donald and I am proud to know Donald our votes are being suppressed as staunch

01:02Loyalist Bondi supported the false notion that Trump won the 2020 election

01:07She was also on Trump's legal team during his first impeachment trial

01:11Joe Biden was the point man for Ukraine along with other

01:15Republicans Bondi spoke in support of the president-elect at his hush money trial in New York when he was found guilty of 34

01:22felony counts

01:27In early December Bondi visited Capitol Hill

01:30Lobbying legislators in advance of her Senate confirmation hearing for Attorney General. I want to make sure that we restore the reputation of these

01:39Agencies these departments like the FBI and the Department of Justice and the intelligence community that we restore the reputation as non-political

01:48Institutions

01:50Analysts say her lack of independence from the White House is a valid matter of concern. There will be times

01:55I think it is an absolute certainty

01:59Given the degree to which mr. Trump is trying to push the envelope on so many legal fronts where

02:08fidelity to law and

02:09Fidelity to Trump will be in tension and that is going to be a crucible for Pam Bondi

02:18To deal with one of her conflicts. Is that in 2013 her office decided not to formally investigate

02:26fraud claims regarding Trump

02:29University, but the Florida Ethics Commission found no violation on her part somebody that has always been there

02:37Former Florida Attorney General. She could have anything she wanted by the way

02:41Bondi is currently with valid partners of Washington DC lobbying firm

02:45Analysts say senators will also ask about her high-profile clients who could be plaintiffs before her as Attorney General

02:53Carolyn Persutti VOA News, Washington

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