Donald Trump's nominee to lead the Justice Department ducked questions about judicial independence, Trump's 2020 election loss, Jan. 6 pardons and more.

Pam Bondi, President-elect Donald Trump's choice to lead the Justice Department as attorney general, listens during her confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill on Wednesday. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post) The best thing about Pam Bondi is that she’s not Matt Gaetz,

Bondi’s statement represented both a refusal to admit Trump lost and an attempt to erase the mob violence Trump unleashed on the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, which made the transfer of power from Trump to Biden a bit less than peaceful.

Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Justice Department, Pam Bondi, is set to face questions over her loyalty to the Republican president-elect

Attorney general nominee Pam Bondi faced questions about Trump and Kash Patel at her hearing, but didn't appear to lose any support from Senate Republicans.

Does the prospective attorney general nominee simply not keep up on the news, or were her confirmation hearing answers less than truthful?

Pam Bondi sought to allay the concerns of Democrats who said they feared Trump and his allies would use the Justice Department to target their political enemies.

The Senate Judiciary Committee is holding a second day of its confirmation hearing for President-elect Donald Trump's choice for attorney general, Pam Bondi, on Thursday.

Pam Bondi, Donald Trump's choice for attorney general, survived an at times contentious hearing while declining to say if Joe Biden won the 2020 vote.

Sens. Alex Padilla and Adam Schiff engaged in fierce verbal combat Wednesday with Attorney General-designate Pam Bondi, as they fought over her views on the 2020 elections, immigration and presidential pardons. At one point, a frustrated Bondi told Schiff “You were censured by Congress for comments just like this that are so reckless.”

Hawaii Democratic Sen. Mazie Hirono asked Pam Bondi, Donald Trump's nominee for attorney general, what role the White House will have in directing operations of the Department of Justice: SEN. MAZIE HIRONO: We want an attorney general who bases decisions on facts.

Here are five key takeaways from the first day of Bondi’s confirmation hearing: Accusing President Joe Biden of coordinating political prosecutions, Bondi said that she would only bring cases based on “facts and law” and said she has not discussed starting investigations of Trump’s enemies with the president-elect.