‘Cut To The Chase’: Pam Bondi Sniffs Out Dem Senator’s Attempt To Trip Her Up Over Kash Patel Question

Attorney General-designate Pam Bondi endorsed FBI Director-designate Kash Patel Wednesday after Democratic Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island asked her about an alleged “enemies list.”

President-elect Donald Trump nominated Bondi to be attorney general after former Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida withdrew his name from consideration after Trump initially nominated him. Whitehouse questioned Bondi during a Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing about whether she would hire a job candidate with a so-called “enemies list.”

“Would you have hired someone into the attorney general’s office who you knew had an enemies list?” Whitehouse asked Bondi.

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“Senator, to cut to the chase, you’re clearly talking about Kash Patel, I don’t believe he has an ‘enemies list.’ He made a quote on TV, which I have not heard,” Bondi responded. “I saw your sign or Senator Durbin’s sign about Kash, but I know that Kash Patel has had sixty jury trials as a public defender, as a prosecutor. He has great experience in the intel department, Department of Defense. I have known Kash and I believe that Kash is the right person at this time for this job. You’ll have the ability to question Mr. Patel.”

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