"She had told a reporter once that in college she'd wanted to be a pediatrician, but she ended up becoming a lawyer. She'd said that she wasn't sure she wanted to actually practice law, but she became a prosecutor. She'd told reporters that she "never dreamed" of running for political office, but she did that too, twice winning campaigns for Florida attorney general."
"But here she was in a Senate hearing room in October, a person who had once seemed so mild, so warm, so kindhearted that she'd earned the nickname "Pambi," opening up a folder full of slap-downs, each tailored to a Democratic committee member, with notes on how to deliver them. "I wish you loved Chicago as much as you hate President Trump," she told Senator Dick Durbin, who'd asked about the rationale for sending federal troops to his state."
Pam Bondi had early ambitions to be a pediatrician and later became a lawyer and prosecutor. She twice won elections as Florida attorney general and said she did not want the U.S. attorney general position, expressing a preference for being ambassador to Italy. Once nicknamed "Pambi" for her warmth, she appeared transformed at a Senate Judiciary Committee oversight hearing, delivering prepared, pointed rebukes to Democratic senators. She accused Senator Durbin of hating President Trump, challenged Senator Blumenthal over past false military claims while dodging his question about a dropped antitrust case, and accused Senator Whitehouse of ties to Jeffrey Epstein confidants.
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