Attorney General Pam Bondi-Exclusive One-on-One LIVE Interview at CPAC

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What is the significance of Pam Bondi's role as Attorney General?

Pam Bondi 0:35
So these guys never invite me to be on their podcast. They finally did, and I get to do it in front of all of you. So this is awesome.
Ted Cruz 0:48
Well, Pam, I will tell you that there is some good karma to being on this podcast at CPAC with someone named J.D. Vance. He's done all right for himself.
Pam Bondi 0:58
He's a great man.
Ted Cruz 1:00
So, welcome.
Pam Bondi 1:01
Thank you.
Ted Cruz 1:02
You have been Attorney General 15 days.
Pam Bondi 1:05
It feels like 15 years.
Ted Cruz 1:07
I believe you. And by the way, you just got some help. An hour ago, the Senate just finished confirming.
Pam Bondi 1:14
Yes, isn't that great? Been on the phone with him nonstop.

How is Pam Bondi addressing the politicization of the DOJ?

Ted Cruz 1:22
I talked to him on the ride over here. He is going to do fantastic. He sure is. All right, let's start. 15 days. You've come into what I think is the single most important cabinet position in this administration. Because we went through four years of Biden weaponizing the Department of Justice, using it to attack his enemies and to support his friends. So let me ask you, come into DOJ, you've got a mission. You've got a mission to restore integrity to the department, to end the weaponization and politicization. How do you do that? How do you get that done?
Pam Bondi 1:59
You know, the volume, Senator, what concerned me the most, it's the volume. of how bad it was. And it still is. We're working on it. It's day by day by day. But we've got a team of great people. And on day one, I issued 14 executive orders. And number one is the weaponization ends, and it ends now. And that's what we did.
Ted Cruz 2:28
Let me ask you something. In the 15 days you've been there, how many DOJ employees have said something to the effect of, thank God?
Pam Bondi 2:38
A lot of them.
Ted Cruz 2:39
I believe you. Look, I spent four years hearing from AUSAs, assistant U.S. attorneys, hearing from FBI agents, hearing from men and women who believe in the rule of law and were horrified. at the politicization of the FBI and the DOJ. And so I know for a lot of good, honorable men and women who've devoted their careers to defending the Constitution, there's a lot of gratitude that they can get back to doing their job.
Pam Bondi 3:11
Their core function. And that's thanks to Donald J. Trump getting back in office. And he gave us a clear directive. Make America safe. And that's what we're going to do. You know, to start with, the law enforcement agencies talking about cash. These men and women didn't go to Quantico. They're not risking their lives to waste their time on all this politicization. And raiding Mar-a-Lago, really? Stopping. All of that is stopping. And we are returning them to their core function, fighting violent crime. And that's what the great majority of men and women in law enforcement, DEA, ATF, U.S. Marshals, FBI, as well as the incredible legal team at the Justice Department, that's what they want to do.
Ted Cruz 3:55
So let's talk about one of the most lawless aspects of the last four years, which was the open borders that we saw and the 12 million illegal immigrants that have come into this country. You've had just two weeks, but you've hit the ground running, going after the criminals, going after the murderers, going after the rapists, going after the child molesters, going after the Venezuelan gang members. Tell us, number one, What you're doing as Attorney General that is making a real difference, that is already making America safer. And number two, I understand you have some breaking news concerning my home state of Texas, which I'm particularly proud to hear.
Pam Bondi 4:34
I do. I do. And the press really even out yet. Joint Task Force Alpha that we elevated once we came in office. It's with the Department of Justice and the FBI. And we work hand in hand with Homeland Security. Kristi Noem is awesome. We all work so well together. Joint Task Force Alpha just made a huge arrest in Juarez, Mexico. They were headed to Texas, to El Paso, human smuggling. Yeah, huge.

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