Pam Bondi vows to advise Trump on Jan. 6 pardons on ‘case-by-case’ basis

Published January 15, 2025 11:53am ET



Pam Bondi, the nominee for attorney general, told senators on Wednesday that she planned to advise President-elect Donald Trump on possible pardons for U.S. Capitol rioters on a “case-by-case” basis.

Bondi largely deferred to Trump and condemned the violence when prompted during her confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee if those convicted of assaulting police officers in the 2021 attack should be pardoned.

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