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.

"President (Joe) Biden never directed the attorney general to prosecute his political opponents... What has taken place since January 20, 2025 would make even President Nixon recoil," Dick Durbin, the top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee, told her in a blistering opening speech.

He said the Justice Department under Bondi had "become a shield for the president

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