Pam Bondi is out at the Justice Department. And all roads to replace her lead through one place: the U.S. Senate.
The impending political brawl on Capitol Hill to supplant the embattled attorney general, fired by President Donald Trump on April 2, as the nation's chief law enforcement officer is already getting underway.
For a litany of reasons, it won't be easy or quiet, regardlesBondi's replacement will have to answer for much bigger changes at the traditionally apolitical Justice Department, which for the first time in recent history has actively pursued investigations into the president's political enemies under Bondi's leadership.
In extraordinary legal moves, Democratic senators, the former FBI director and the New York state attorney general have all been targeted. The controversial pattern has drawn the ire even of some GOP senators whom the White House will need on board with another DOJ chief.
