Who is Pam Bondi? The fierce Trump loyalist replacing Matt Gaetz for Attorney General

Donald Trump's caller prime for lawyer wide was a fierce defender who attacked Joe Biden during Trump's archetypal impeachment – and tangled with a lawyer for O.J. Simpson erstwhile his lawsuit moved to Florida aft his acquittal connected execution charges.

Bondi, 59, who Trump announced was his prime to beryllium the nation's apical instrumentality enforcement serviceman aft the stunning withdrawal of Rep. Matt Gaetz after conscionable days amid enactment trafficking allegations – has agelong been known arsenic a fierce Trump loyalist.

She called him a person portion delivering remarks astatine a Trump run rally during a blistering effect aft billionaire Mark Cuban said Trump didn't privation to person strong, intelligent women astir him.

She besides and parroted immoderate of Trump's election fraud claims by claiming determination were 'fake ballots.' 

She claimed falsely astatine a Nov. 4, 2020 property league that included erstwhile Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani that Trump had won Pennsylvania. 'It looks similar intimidation to me,' she said. 'We’ve won Pennsylvania and we privation each ballot to beryllium counted successful a just way.'

California Rep. Adam Schiff called her 'one of the predetermination deniers retired determination precise aboriginal connected successful Pennsylvania making claims of fake ballots.' 

Bondi endorsed Trump implicit chap Florida Marco Rubio successful 2016. She ended up speaking astatine his archetypal convention, erstwhile assemblage members broke retired into 'lock her up' chants astir Hillary Clinton that Bondi endorsed. '"Lock her up," I emotion that,' said Bondi.

Former national authoritative Elie Honig told CNN Bondi was 'without a question, qualified to beryllium Attorney General,' citing her 20 years arsenic a authoritative successful Florida.

Back successful 2017, Simpson lawyer Malcolm Lavergne unloaded connected her erstwhile arsenic Florida AG she called Simpson a 'scofflaw' who would drain instrumentality enforcement funds by moving to the authorities aft getting parole successful L.A.

Lavergne called her 'possibly the stupidest idiosyncratic connected the planet' successful comments to the Tampa Bay Times where helium said the substance should beryllium handled by the authorities section of corrections and was an effort to 'gain governmental favor.'

He present says helium was nether a batch of unit erstwhile helium made the comments. Although helium calls Bondi 'vindictive,' helium told DailyMail.com, 'I anticipation she takes her presumption precise earnestly not conscionable arsenic a Trump loyalist but arsenic an American' and says he's 'wishing her the best.'

It was conscionable 1 of the contentious high-profile ineligible fights of her agelong career.

She was elected Florida AG successful 2010 aft getting a motion from Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin. 

During Trump's archetypal impeachment, wherever the president was accused of threatening to withhold captious subject assistance to get an probe of the Bidens, she tried to crook the absorption back connected Hunter Biden's lucrative occupation connected the committee of a Ukrainian vigor firm.

When she was AG, she yet did not articulation a multi-state suit seeking compensation for students who said they were defrauded by Trump University. She faced scrutiny for accepting a $25,000 donation from Trump earlier the determination was finalized.

There person been times erstwhile she has admitted mistakes. Back successful 2013, she said it was an mistake to reschedule a authorities execution that conflicted with a run fundraiser.

'I should not person requested the execution beryllium moved. It had been [delayed] twice,' she told the Tampa Bay Times. 'I'm sorry. And it volition not hap again.' The victim's household had been captious of the move.

Trump, who grew to regret his information of Jeff Sessions to beryllium his archetypal AG, lone to spot Sessions recuse himself from the Russia probe, hailed Bondi for her loyalty successful a statement. 

'For excessively long, the partisan Department of Justice has been weaponized against maine and different Republicans - Not anymore,' helium said. 'Pam volition refocus the DOJ to its intended intent of warring Crime, and Making America Safe Again.' 

She is adjacent to Trump's incoming main of unit Susie Wiles, and some worked for the aforesaid Ballard instrumentality and lobbying steadfast tally by a Trump fundraiser.