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During a confirmation hearing Wednesday, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse questioned Pam Bondi, Donald Trump's pick for attorney general, about how she will work with political appointees in the White House: SEN.

Pam Bondi highlighted her desire to "get back to the basics, gangs, drugs, terrorists, cartels, our border, and our foreign adversaries" and praised the First Step Act, a sweeping criminal justice reform bill passed in Trump’s first term.