A Tampa-area native, Pam Bondi became the second Floridian and the third woman to hold the office of U.S. attorney general.
The Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday approved Pam Bondi’s nomination for attorney general in a party-line 12-10 vote.
Pam Bondi, a former Florida attorney general and longtime prosecutor, had earned praise for her pledges not to politicize the Justice Department.