Bondi first met with Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA), the next chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee — the panel responsible for vetting her nomination. She later met with the committee’s current ranking member, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC).

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,

Trump nominated Bondi, a former Florida GOP attorney general, late last month, after former Florida Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz withdrew his name from consideration. Bondi has spent two decades as a prosecutor,