WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump’s pick for attorney general, Pam Bondi, is insisting at her Senate confirmation hearing that Trump had been targeted by years of investigations. She pledges that she would not “politicize” the Justice Department if confirmed as the country’s chief federal law enforcement officer. The statements Wednesday echoed Trump’s claims that the Justice Department had been weaponized against him. Democrats are concerned that the president-elect will look to use the agency’s law enforcement powers to exact retribution against his adversaries, including the investigators who investigated him.
