“To my knowledge, Donald Trump has never acknowledged the legal results of the 2020 election," Durbin said. "Are you prepared to say today, under oath, without reservation, that Donald Trump lost the presidential contest to Joe Biden in 2020?”
Sen. Chris Coons suggested that there might be common ground with Congress and the attorney general to institutionalize reforms to the clemency process.
Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) grilled Pam Bondi, President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for Attorney General, about her representation of the incoming president and his persistent denials that he lost the 2020 election at her confirmation hearing on Wednesday.
WASHINGTON ― Donald Trump’s nominee for U.S. Attorney General, Pam Bondi, on Wednesday refused to admit Trump lost the presidential election in 2020. During her confirmation hearing at the Senate Judiciary Committee,
Durbin also inquired as to her position on possible pardons for Jan. 6 participants. Bondi indicated that pardons fell under the president's purview but that she would advise Trump on a "case by case basis.
Senator Dick Durbin expresses concerns over Kash Patel's qualifications and temperament for the role of FBI Director.
Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) on Wednesday about whether President-elect ... She went on to float possible fraud in Pennsylvania, where she aided the Trump campaign in challenging the election. “What I can tell you is what I saw firsthand when I went to ...
Dick Durbin, the top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee ... adding that she had seen “so much” while on the ground in Pennsylvania. “We should all want our elections to be free and fair.”Bondi was being questioned by Democratic senators ...
Among the constitutional powers preserved solely for the president, Article II bestows the power “… to grant Reprieves and Pardons for Offenses against the United States, except in Cases of impeachment.
Ill., the ranking Senate Judiciary Committee Democrat, grilled Donald Trump’s attorney general nominee, Pam Bondi, at her confirmation hearing, Under oath, she declined to clearly acknowledge President Joe Biden won the 2020 election.
In sometimes fiery exchanges, former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi fielded questions during a Senate confirmation hearing for her attorney general nomination about whether she would prosecute President-elect Donald Trump’s declared political enemies.
The House voted 263 to 156 to approve the Laken Riley act, sending the measure to Trump for his signature. The measure would make it easier for federal immigration officials to detain and deport those without legal status who are charged with specific crimes.