Photos: Pam Bondi in her confirmation hearing says Trump was 'targeted' by Justice Department investigations

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Pam Bondi, Donald Trump's pick for attorney general, insisted at her Senate confirmation hearing on Wednesday that the president-elect had been "targeted" by years of investigations and pledged she would not "politicize" the Department of Justice if confirmed as the country's chief federal law enforcement officer.

Pam Bondi, President-elect Donald Trump's choice to lead the Justice Department as attorney general, appears before the Senate Judiciary Committee for her confirmation hearing, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025 (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

Former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee during her confirmation hearing for U.S. Attorney General in the Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill on Jan. 15, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images/TNS)

Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) questions Pam Bondi, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to serve as attorney general, at her Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing, on Capitol Hill in Washington on Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025. (Kenny Holston/The New York Times)

Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., speaks as Pam Bondi, President-elect Donald Trump's choice to lead the Justice Department as attorney general, appears before the Senate Judiciary Committee for her confirmation hearing, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., speaks as Pam Bondi, President-elect Donald Trump's choice to lead the Justice Department as attorney general, appears before the Senate Judiciary Committee for her confirmation hearing, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Sen. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., speaks as Pam Bondi, President-elect Donald Trump's choice to lead the Justice Department as attorney general, appears before the Senate Judiciary Committee for her confirmation hearing, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., speaks as Pam Bondi, President-elect Donald Trump's choice to lead the Justice Department as attorney general, appears before the Senate Judiciary Committee for her confirmation hearing, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., speaks as Pam Bondi, President-elect Donald Trump's choice to lead the Justice Department as attorney general, appears before the Senate Judiciary Committee for her confirmation hearing, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

Pam Bondi, President-elect Donald Trump's choice to lead the Justice Department as attorney general, stands for a break during the Senate Judiciary Committee for her confirmation hearing, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

Sen. Mazie Hirono, D-Hawaii, speaks at the Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing for Pam Bondi, President-elect Donald Trump's choice to lead the Justice Department as attorney general, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, speaks during a hearing for Pam Bondi, President-elect Donald Trump's choice to lead the Justice Department as attorney general, as she appears before the Senate Judiciary Committee for her confirmation hearing, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Pam Bondi, President-elect Donald Trump's choice to lead the Justice Department as attorney general, appears on a monitor before the Senate Judiciary Committee for her confirmation hearing, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

John Wakefield, right, listens to his wife Pam Bondi, President-elect Donald Trump's choice to lead the Justice Department as attorney general, appear before the Senate Judiciary Committee for her confirmation hearing, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

Pam Bondi, President-elect Donald Trump's choice to lead the Justice Department as attorney general, is sworn in before the Senate Judiciary Committee for her confirmation hearing, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla.,, left, talks with Pam Bondi, President-elect Donald Trump's choice to lead the Justice Department as attorney general and her partner John Wakefield before the Senate Judiciary Committee for her confirmation hearing, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

Pam Bondi, President-elect Donald Trump's choice to lead the Justice Department as attorney general, arrives before the Senate Judiciary Committee for her confirmation hearing, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

Pam Bondi, President-elect Donald Trump's choice to lead the Justice Department as attorney general, speaks with Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, before the Senate Judiciary Committee for her confirmation hearing, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

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Pam Bondi, President-elect Donald Trump's choice to lead the Justice Department as attorney general, appears before the Senate Judiciary Committee for her confirmation hearing, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025 (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

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