President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the US Justice Department said her “overriding objective” if confirmed “would be to return the Department of Justice to its core mission of keeping Americans safe and vigorously enforcing the law.

America will have one tier of justice for all," Bondi said, vowing that, “There will never be an enemy's list within the De

Donald Trump’s pick for attorney general, Pam Bondi, will face sharp questioning from Democratic senators at a confirmation hearing expected to center on concerns Trump will look to use the Justice Department’s powers to seek retribution against his adversaries.

Bondi served as Florida’s attorney general for eight years and before that she was a local prosecutor for almost two decades.

Pam Bondi sought to allay the concerns of Democrats who said they feared Trump and his allies would use the Justice Department to target their political enemies.