Current U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland has defended the department’s integrity an d impartiality against claims of politicization. Trump was indicted in two criminal cases by special counsel Jack Smith, whom Garland brought in from outside the department to run the investigations.

Sen. Chuck Grassley (Iowa), the incoming Republican chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, said Monday he had a “good meeting” with President-elect Trump’s pick for attorney general, Pam Bondi. “Good mtg w Pres Trump’s nominee for Atty General Pam Bondi As judic chairman I look fwd to considering her nomination in the new congress,