Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Justice Department, Pam Bondi, refused to say the former and future president lost the 2020 presidential election at her confirmation hearing on Wednesday.
At the hearing Bondi stated that President Joe Biden is now the president, but she would not say Trump lost, and claimed that transition was peaceful despite the Jan. 6, 2021 attack at the Capitol.
“Are you prepared to say today under oath without reservation that Donald Trump lost the presidential contest to Joe Biden in 2020?” Senate Judiciary Committee ranking member Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) asked.
“President Biden is the president of the United States. He was duly sworn in, and he is the president of the United States. There was a peaceful transition of power. President Trump left office and was overwhelmingly elected in 2024,” Bondi said.
She went on to suggest that there was fraud in Pennsylvania, where she aided the Trump campaign in challenging the election, according to .
“What I can tell you is what I saw firsthand when I went to Pennsylvania as an advocate for the campaign. … I saw many things there. But do I accept the results? Of course, I do.”
