Attorney General Pam Bondi orders review of Trump prosecutions, focuses on "sanctuary" cities

In her first hours as attorney general, Pam Bondi issued a broad slate of directives that included a Justice Department review of the prosecutions of President Trump, a reorientation of department work to focus on harsher punishments, actions punishing so-called "sanctuary" cities and an end to diversity initiatives at the department.

Bondi was confirmed by the Senate late Tuesday and was sworn in in front of President Trump by Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas in the Oval Office on Wednesday afternoon.

The attorney general established a "weaponization working group" to review Biden administration law enforcement policies. The initial focus of the working group will be the Trump cases in New York — the indictment pursued by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg and civil enforcement action brought by New York Attorney General Letitia James — neither of which involved federal prosecutors. The group will also review the two federal cases against Mr. Trump pursued by former special counsel Jack Smith and will examine the prosecutions of rioters who stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.