Pam Bondi, Donald Trump’s nominee to be attorney general, repeatedly declined to say Wednesday that Joe Biden won the 2020 election, saying he was “duly sworn in” but sidestepping a question about whether he was the legal winner of the contest.
Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), the top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee, said Bondi’s refusal to answer the “yes or no” question was concerning and he encouraged her to listen to Trump’s hourlong call with Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger in which Trump asked Georgia officials to “find” enough votes to reverse the outcome. Bondi said she’d only heard a clip.
Durbin pressed Bondi on how she would advise Trump on clemency decisions for people who attacked police officers on Jan. 6, 2021. Bondi emphasized that the decisions are entirely in Trump’s purview but that if he asks her for advice, she will review each case file before making a recommendation.
“I condemn any violence on a law enforcement officer in this country,” Bondi added.
