The list also includes Trump’s criminal defense attorney Todd Blanche, who ultimately was nominated for deputy attorney general, the second-highest role at the Justice Department.

Donald Trump's short list for attorney general includes current U.S. senators, former White House officials and a state attorney general who took the Biden administration to court.

Pam Bondi is the latest Floridian to join President Trump's administration. The U.S. Senate confirmed Bondi as the U.S. attorney general Tuesday night in a 54-46 vote. Former senator Marco Rubio ...

Former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi is sworn in during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on her nomination to be US Attorney General, on Capitol Hill, in Washington, DC, on January 15, 2025.