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.

On her first day as attorney general, Bondi issued orders to review Trump prosecutions and create a "weaponization" of government working group.

Pam Bondi issued a flurry of memos calling for “zealous advocacy” and aiming to put her tough-on-crime stamp on the Justice Department as she took the helm.