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Posted by: Azya Thornton on Feb 5, 2025

The U.S. Senate voted 54-46 on Tuesday to confirm Pam Bondi as the next attorney general, The Hill reports. She was sworn in today at a ceremony at the White House with U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas administering the oath of office. In comments today, Bondi pledged to "restore integrity to the Justice Department" and "fight violent crime throughout this country" and the world. In one of her first acts after taking office, Bondi called for the creation of a “weaponization working group” that will examine the work of special counsel Jack Smith, who charged Trump in two criminal cases, and review decisions to charge individuals connected to the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol, the Associated Press reports.