Attorney General-designate Pam Bondi endorsed FBI Director-designate Kash Patel Wednesday after Democratic Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island asked her about an alleged “enemies list.”
President-elect Donald Trump nominated Bondi to be attorney general after former Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida withdrew his name from consideration after Trump initially nominated him. Whitehouse questioned Bondi during a Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing about whether she would hire a job candidate with a so-called “enemies list.”
“Would you have hired someone into the attorney general’s office who you knew had an enemies list?” Whitehouse asked Bondi.