“To my knowledge, Donald Trump has never acknowledged the legal results of the 2020 election," Durbin said. "Are you prepared to say today, under oath, without reservation, that Donald Trump lost the presidential contest to Joe Biden in 2020?”

Among the constitutional powers preserved solely for the president, Article II bestows the power “… to grant Reprieves and Pardons for Offenses against the United States, except in Cases of impeachment.

Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) grilled Pam Bondi, President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for Attorney General, about her representation of the incoming president and his persistent denials that he lost the 2020 election at her confirmation hearing on Wednesday.

Durbin also inquired as to her position on possible pardons for Jan. 6 participants. Bondi indicated that pardons fell under the president's purview but that she would advise Trump on a "case by case basis.

Attorney general nominee Pam Bondi dodged a question from Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) on Wednesday about whether President-elect Trump lost the 2020 election. Bondi echoed other Republicans in

The prospect of Trump appointee Kash Patel becoming a top law enforcement officer has all the right people running scared. Take entrenched Illinois Democrat Dick Durbin for […]

Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., the ranking Senate Judiciary Committee Democrat, grilled Donald Trump’s attorney general nominee, Pam Bondi, at her confirmation hearing Wednesday, and under oath she ...

WASHINGTON ― Donald Trump’s nominee for U.S. Attorney General, Pam Bondi, on Wednesday refused to admit Trump lost the presidential election in 2020. During her confirmation hearing at the Senate Judiciary Committee,

Editor’s note: This story has been updated to correct the committee that Durbin leads. Sen. Dick Durbin (Ill.), the top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee, asked a suite of agencies that ...

Pam Bondi faces tough questions about her loyalty to President-elect Trump during the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing

In sometimes fiery exchanges, former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi fielded questions during a Senate confirmation hearing for her attorney general nomination about whether she would prosecute President-elect Donald Trump’s declared political enemies.

Ill., the ranking Senate Judiciary Committee Democrat, grilled Donald Trump’s attorney general nominee, Pam Bondi, at her confirmation hearing, Under oath, she declined to clearly acknowledge President Joe Biden won the 2020 election.