US Attorney General Pam Bondi faced fiery questioning Tuesday from senators who accuse her of transforming the Justice Department into a tool of President Donald Trump's efforts to target his perceived enemies.
Bondi has courted huge controversy since taking over as the nation's top law enforcement official, amid criticism that she has failed to maintain the guardrails keeping the department separate from the White House.
Former president Joe Biden "never directed the attorney general to prosecute his political opponents," Dick Durbin, the top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee, told her in a blistering opening speech.
"This is your legacy, Attorney General Bondi. In eight short months, you fundamentally transformed the Justice Department and left an enormous stain in American h