Although the department historically has insisted on remaining independent of the White House, Bondi made clear that she was working to overhaul a DOJ that Trump has insisted is both biased against him and against political conservatives in general.

Read about the Senate confirmation of former Florida state attorney general Pam Bondi as the country's 87th attorney general.

Bondi, who was Florida’s first female attorney general, takes charge of the Justice Department as it braces for upheaval with President Donald Trump aiming to exert his will over an agency that