Donald Trump's nominee to lead the Justice Department ducked questions about judicial independence, Trump's 2020 election loss, Jan. 6 pardons and more.

Bondi’s statement represented both a refusal to admit Trump lost and an attempt to erase the mob violence Trump unleashed on the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, which made the transfer of power from Trump to Biden a bit less than peaceful.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Justice Department, Pam Bondi, is set to face questions on Capitol Hill on Wednesday over ... Bondi led a challenge brought by more than two dozen states to President Barack Obama’s health care ...

Does the prospective attorney general nominee simply not keep up on the news, or were her confirmation hearing answers less than truthful?

Here are five key takeaways from the first day of Bondi’s confirmation hearing: Accusing President Joe Biden of coordinating political prosecutions, Bondi said that she would only bring cases based on “facts and law” and said she has not discussed starting investigations of Trump’s enemies with the president-elect.

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.

PAM BONDI did ... (At the time Ms Bondi denied that any “access” by lobbyists affected her office’s decisions; similar lawsuits against Travelocity failed in other states.)

Bondi faced heated questions from Democratic senators in her confirmation hearing as they scrutinized her loyalty to President-elect Donald Trump.

Senator Marco Rubio, President-elect Trump's choice for Secretary of State, addressed multiple foreign policy challenges during his confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill. If confirmed as America's top diplomat, Rubio said he wants to avoid past mistakes where the U.S. prioritized the global order over national interests.

Sens. Alex Padilla and Adam Schiff engaged in fierce verbal combat Wednesday with Attorney General-designate Pam Bondi, as they fought over her views on the 2020 elections, immigration and presidential pardons. At one point, a frustrated Bondi told Schiff “You were censured by Congress for comments just like this that are so reckless.”

The Senate Judiciary Committee is holding a second day of its confirmation hearing for President-elect Donald Trump's choice for attorney general, Pam Bondi, on Thursday.

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,