Trump Picks Pam Bondi as US Attorney General After Matt Gaetz Withdraws

Washington: President-elect Donald Trump announced on Thursday that Florida's former attorney general, Pam Bondi will be US attorney general in his upcoming presidency just hours after his other choice, Matt Gaetz, withdrew his name.

Bondi is a longtime Trump ally and was one of his lawyers during his first impeachment trial when he was accused — but not convicted — of abusing his power as he tried to condition US military assistance to Ukraine on that country investigating then-former Vice President Joe Biden .

Moreover, she has been a chair at the America First Policy Institute, a think tank set up by former Trump administration staffers.

Bondi is from Tampa and spent more than 18 years as a prosecutor. She was Florida's first female attorney general. 

With inputs from AP