Coons signals he could be open to voting yes on Bondi
Sen. Chris Coons (D-Del.) signaled during an interview that he could be open to voting “yes” on Pam Bondi, President-elect Trump’s choice to lead the Department of Justice (DOJ).
Coons said during his Thursday appearance on CNN that the most important thing he was looking to hear from Bondi during the Wednesday Senate Judiciary Committee hearing is “whether or not she would be independent, whether or not she would protect the Department of Justice from direct interference by the White House or President-Elect Trump.”
The Delaware Senator told CNN host Brianna Keilar that Bondi, an ex-Florida attorney general, failed to “answer that in the sort of clear, forceful and direct way that I expected.”
Keilar then said that Bondi pledged to follow the policy of separation between the White House and the DOJ. She asked if Coons did or did not hear anything “specific” about the policy that “didn’t meet the senator’s........
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