Ill., asked Pam Bondi during her confirmation hearing about the QAnon conspiracy theory and comments that Kash Patel, President-elect Trump's pick to lead the FBI, had made about it.

In 2020, Bondi supported Trump's efforts to overturn the election, embracing false claims of voter fraud and asserting that " we won Pennsylvania ," a state Trump in fact lost by 80,000 votes. Durbin responded to Bondi's deflection by saying that he thought his question “deserved a yes or no.”

Bondi said while she would help advise Trump in pardoning January 6 rioters, she was poised to reject pardons for certain crimes.

Attorney general nominee Pam Bondi dodged a question from Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) on Wednesday about whether President-elect Trump lost the 2020 election. Bondi echoed other Republicans in stating President Biden is now the president,

Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., raised concerns about Bondi’s ability to say no to Trump, saying he isn’t convinced the attorney general nominee has “the grit and gumption” to say no to the incoming president.

Pam Bondi sought to allay the concerns of Democrats who said they feared Trump and his allies would use the Justice Department to target their political enemies.

Trump wants to dish out pardons among the more than 1,500 defendants charged or convicted for the riot, plans that Senate Republicans are reluctant to embrace.

Democrats questioned Bondi's independence and refusal to affirm the legitimacy of 2020 election during her confirmation hearing.

Former Florida AG Pam Bondi is vying to become the next Attorney General of the U.S., but experts worry her loyalty to Trump could cloud her impartiality.

Senate Democrats grilled Bondi about past comments she made about fraud in the 2020 election. She refused to say whether Biden had "won" the election.

Democratic Senate Minority Whip Dick Durbin outlined what he called “credible allegations” that President-elect Trump’s pick to direct federal law enforcement impeded the presidential transition process and backed efforts to subvert the 2020 election.