Several senators questioned Pam Bondi at her confirmation hearing Wednesday about President-elect Donald Trump's choice of Kash Patel to lead the FBI.

Donald Trump's choice to lead the FBI compiled a list of "executive branch deep state" members in his book "Government Gangsters."

Senate Democrats have postponed the consideration of President Donald Trump’s choice for U.S. attorney general, Pam Bondi, by at least one week. The Judiciary Committee announced on Tuesday that it had canceled its scheduled hearing on Wednesday when members would have had the opportunity to vote to move Bondi’s nomination to the entire Senate.

Andrew Weissmann — legal analyst and former FBI counsel — on Wednesday highlighted the biggest "red flags" raised during Donald Trump's attorney general nominee Pam Bondi's confirmation hearing. Speaking with Weissmann during the latest episode of MSNBC's Deadline: White House,

Pam Bondi acknowledged in a government questionnaire that Brad Bondi’s legal work could pose a conflict of interest, and committed to handle matters ethically.

Patel, who has been named FBI director, included a list of the government’s supposed “enemies” in his 2023 book.

Ms Bondi’s rise has brought her far from Temple Terrace, the city where she grew up on Florida’s Gulf Coast. Her father, a teacher, was the mayor. While an undergraduate at the University of Florida she considered becoming a paediatrician. But she went to law school, and an internship at the state prosecutor’s office in Tampa sealed the deal.

During her Senate confirmation hearing, Bondi was asked by Louisiana GOP Sen. John Kennedy about notable figures in prison and the importance of removing “politicization” from the Department of justice.

Pam Bondi, President-elect Donald Trump's choice to lead the Justice Department as attorney general, listens during her confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill on Wednesday. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post) The best thing about Pam Bondi is that she’s not Matt Gaetz,

Pam Bondi, Donald Trump's choice for attorney general, survived an at times contentious hearing while declining to say if Joe Biden won the 2020 vote.

Whitehouse asked Pam Bondi, Florida's former attorney general, whether she supported Trump’s nominee to lead the FBI, Kash Patel, who has assembled what he calls a list of “Members of the Executive Branch Deep State" that should be prosecuted.

US attorney general designee Pam Bondi fended off onslaughts from California Sens. Adam Schiff and Alex Padilla at her confirmation hearing Wednesday, both of whom grilled her about President-elect Donald Trump.