Ayesha Bakshi

Pambandi basically had a big defense of President Donald Trump and the Trump administration more broadly, really going beyond the Justice Department.

She was asked questions about the Justice Department, and she responded sometimes by just praising the president.

She described Donald Trump as the greatest president in American history, and she brought up this idea that he had really boosted the stock market.

So that seemed more broadly perhaps geared towards saying nice things about her boss that didn't have much to do with the work of the Justice Department and what would or wouldn't be accomplishments for line attorneys and investigators who work under her.

But instead, just speaking more broadly about the administration, that might speak to the type of relationship that she wants to maintain with the president, who ultimately has the power to keep her in her position or try to find someone else.