“To my knowledge, Donald Trump has never acknowledged the legal results of the 2020 election," Durbin said. "Are you prepared to say today, under oath, without reservation, that Donald Trump lost the presidential contest to Joe Biden in 2020?”

Ill., about the results of the 2020 election, Pam Bondi said she accepted that President Biden is the current president, but did not go so far as to say President-elect Trump was defeated in the general election.

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.

Bondi said while she would help advise Trump in pardoning January 6 rioters, she was poised to reject pardons for certain crimes.

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.

Pam Bondi faces tough questions about her loyalty to President-elect Trump during the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing

Ms Bondi’s rise has brought her far from Temple Terrace, the city where she grew up on Florida’s Gulf Coast. Her father, a teacher, was the mayor. While an undergraduate at the University of Florida she considered becoming a paediatrician. But she went to law school, and an internship at the state prosecutor’s office in Tampa sealed the deal.

Dick Durbin Presses Pam Bondi On Trump’s Pledge To Pardon January 6 Rioters At Wednesday's Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) questioned former Florida AG Pam Bondi, President-elect Trump's nominee for Attorney General,

Senate Democrats grilled Bondi about past comments she made about fraud in the 2020 election. She refused to say whether Biden had "won" the election.

Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., raised concerns about Bondi’s ability to say no to Trump, saying he isn’t convinced the attorney general nominee has “the grit and gumption” to say no to the incoming president.