Bondi Moves To Final Vote In The Senate For Confirmation
Pam Bondi, President Donald Trump’s nominee for U.S. Attorney General, is now one step away from confirmation after the Senate voted to invoke cloture on Monday night, effectively ending the legislative filibuster and limiting the remaining floor debate. By a 52-46 vote, Bondi’s nomination now moves to a full Senate floor vote, where she is widely expected to be confirmed.
Bondi, a former Florida attorney general with nearly two decades of prosecutorial experience, demonstrated both composure and legal expertise during her six-hour confirmation hearing earlier this month. Facing pointed questioning from Democrats, she firmly maintained her commitment to enforcing federal law without political bias—a pledge that struck a stark contrast to the DOJ’s tumultuous recent history.
“Politics has to be taken out of this system,” Bondi told the Senate Judiciary Committee, a statement she repeated throughout her confirmation process.
Her top priority, she emphasized, would be ending the weaponization of the Justice Department and restoring public trust in an agency that, for years, has been accused of political favoritism.
“This department has been weaponized for years and years and years, and it has to stop,” she stated bluntly during her hearing.
Bondi’s extensive experience in law enforcement and public service has earned widespread praise from both Republican and Democratic attorneys general and senior Justice Department officials.
In a letter signed by over 110 former DOJ leaders, including four former U.S. attorneys general—John Ashcroft, Jeff Sessions, Bill Barr, and Edwin Meese—Bondi was lauded for her commitment to the rule of law and her proven track record in public service.
“It is all too rare for senior Justice Department officials—much less Attorneys General—to have such a wealth of experience in the day-to-day work of keeping our communities safe,” the letter stated.
In addition, a bipartisan coalition of former state attorneys general sent a separate letter urging her swift confirmation.
“Many of us have worked directly with Attorney General Bondi and have firsthand knowledge of her fitness for the office,” they wrote. “We believe that her wealth of prosecutorial experience and commitment to public service make General Bondi a highly qualified nominee for Attorney General of the United States.”
With the cloture vote secured, Bondi’s nomination now heads to the Senate floor for a final confirmation vote in the coming days. Given the Republican majority and her strong backing from legal professionals and law enforcement officials, her confirmation appears all but certain.
If confirmed, Bondi will take over a Justice Department that has faced intense scrutiny in recent years, with deep divisions over its handling of high-profile cases and its role in politically charged investigations. With her firm stance on ending partisanship in law enforcement, Bondi is poised to lead the DOJ into a new era of accountability and fairness.