Pam Bondi, President-elect Donald Trump's choice to lead the Justice Department as attorney general, appears before the Senate Judiciary Committee for her confirmation hearing on Jan. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
The effort prompted FBI agents to file two separate lawsuits on Tuesday seeking emergency injunctive relief in federal court, arguing in the lawsuits that any effort by DOJ or FBI to review or discriminate against agents involved in the Jan. 6 probe would be both "unlawful and retaliatory" and a violation of civil service protections.
Bondi has repeatedly said she will not use her position to advance any political agenda, a refrain she returned to many times during her hours-long confirmation hearing.
"Politics has to be taken out of this system," Bondi told the Senate Judiciary Committee last month.
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Former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi speaks during the annual Conservative Political Action Conference meeting on Feb. 23, 2024, in National Harbor, Md. (MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)
He also praised Bondi for staring down political challenges before noting that when she took office in Florida, Bondi "received a lot of pushback" from members of the Republican Party" for certain actions, including appointing a Democrat to a top office.
"But she stood up to them, and she did what she thought was right, regardless of political pressure," Aaronberg told Fox News Digital on the eve of her confirmation vote. "So that's what gives me hope here, is that she'll right the ship and refocus the Department of Justice on policy not politics."
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In floor remarks Monday evening, Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Chuck Grassley praised Bondi's prosecutorial experience and her time as a public servant, noting that she made history as the first female attorney general in Florida.
Bondi "fought against pill mills, eliminated the backlog of rape test kits and stood for law and order," Grassley told lawmakers shortly before the Senate cloture vote, noting that Bondi "was easily reelected to a second term" as state attorney general "because she did such a great job."
Breanne Deppisch is a politics reporter for Fox News Digital covering the 2024 election and other national news.
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