Live updates on the Trump transition ahead of next week's inauguration. Follow the latest as Senate confirmation hearing continue for the incoming administration.

Trump nominated Bondi for the position after his initial pick for attorney general, former Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz, withdrew amid sexual misconduct allegations .

Pam Bondi highlighted her desire to "get back to the basics, gangs, drugs, terrorists, cartels, our border, and our foreign adversaries" and praised the First Step Act, a sweeping criminal justice reform bill passed in Trump’s first term.

After more than a decade of defending Trump, Pam Bondi is now the president-elect's nominee to be the country's top prosecutor and reform the Department of Justice.

Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Justice Department, Pam Bondi, is set to face questions on Capitol Hill over her loyalty to the Republican president-elect, who has vowed to use the agency to pursue revenge on his perceived political enemies.

Wednesday’s hearings also include Sean Duffy for the Transportation Department, John Ratcliffe for the CIA, Chris Wright for the Energy Department, and Russell Vought for the Office of Management and Budget.

Pam Bondi, who is answering senators’ questions as part of her bid to be attorney general, promises that “politics will not play a part” in her decisions. But her answers have embraced Trump’s basic charge that federal law enforcement has become tainted by politics.