Washington, D.C. — In response to Donald Trump’s planned nomination of Pam Bondi for Attorney General, the League of Conservation Voters (LCV) issued the following statement from Senior Director of Judiciary & Democracy Doug Lindner:

“Pam Bondi is a corporate lobbyist with ties to a foreign oil monarchy, and has a clear anti-climate, anti-democracy record. As Florida’s Attorney General she put Big Polluters and corporate interests over the health and safety of communities. She shut down a fraud investigation into Trump University after Trump made an illegal $25,000 donation to her PAC, and she currently holds millions of dollars of stock in Trump’s social media company. Bondi denied the 2020 election results, publicly supported Donald Trump in his criminal cases, and represented him in his well-deserved first impeachment. 

No one is above the law, but the President-elect has repeatedly promised and tried to manipulate the Justice Department to protect himself and his allies while persecuting political opponents and dissenters. Trump’s latest prospective nominee to be the nation’s top law enforcement officer shows this new administration will serve his own corrupt and dangerous ends while threatening the rights of the people and protections for our communities and environment.”

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