Pam Bondi, President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for attorney general, has vowed to head up a Justice Department free from political influence and mismanagement if confirmed – using her confirmation hearing Wednesday to assuage concerns that she might use the role to go after Trump’s so-called “enemies” or otherwise weaponize the Department of Justice.  For weeks, Bondi has done the same behind closed doors – meeting with nearly every...

Rep. Pete Aguilar, a top Democrat who served on the congressional committee investigating President-elect Donald Trump’s alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 election, isn’t expecting any favors from the outgoing commander-in-chief.  He said he thinks a preemptive pardon from President Joe Biden, protecting him from Trump’s potential retaliation, is unnecessary because the Jan. 6 committee “didn’t do anything wrong.”  “I don’t think a pardon is necessary. I stand...