President-Elect Taps Former Florida Attorney General, Pam Bondi, to be U.S. Attorney General

CNN:  “President-elect Donald Trump has named former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi as his new pick to run the Justice Department. Trump’s first choice, Matt Gaetz, withdrew from consideration Thursday as concerns grew he wouldn’t garner enough GOP support to be confirmed.”  Here is some background on Bondi, who was the first woman Attorney General of Florida.  Bondi appears to agree with the President on the connection between crime and undocumented immigrants.

If confirmed Bondi will have a role in immigration adjudications.  The Attorney General can intervene in cases before the Board of Immigration Appeals, which Trump Attorney Generals Jeff Sessions and William Barr did on several occasions in President Trump’s first term.  The Attorney General, as head of the Department of Justice, oversees the Executive Office for Immigration Review, which houses the immigration courts and BIA.

KJ