WASHINGTON (AP) — Pam Bondi was sworn in Wednesday as attorney general, taking charge of the Justice Department as it braces for upheaval with President Donald Trump aiming to exert his will over an agency that has long provoked his ire.

The former Trump defense lawyer and Florida attorney general issues a raft of new orders, undoing a broad array of Biden administration policies

Pam Bondi was sworn in as attorney general on Wednesday in the Oval Office with President Trump looking on and telling reporters she would be “as impartial as a person can be.” “I know I’m supposed to say,

Newly confirmed Attorney General Pam Bondi will arrive for her first day at the Justice Department Wednesday after she was sworn in at the White House. President Donald Trump joined Bondi in the Oval Office as she was sworn in to serve as attorney general by Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas.

Attorney General Pam Bondi has been sworn into office. “I will restore integrity to the Justice Department and I will fight violent crime throughout this country and throughout this world and make America safe again,” Bondi vowed at the ceremony.

Former Florida attorney general Pam Bondi was confirmed by the U.S. Senate as attorney general for President Donald Trump's second term.

The Senate confirmed Pam Bondi as U.S. attorney general Tuesday evening, putting a longtime ally of Donald Trump at the helm of a Justice Department that has already been rattled by the firings of career employees seen as disloyal to the Republican president.

Pam Bondi, a former Florida attorney general and a staunch loyalist to President Donald Trump, has been confirmed as U.S. attorney general by the Senate.