CNN’s Jake Tapper pressed Sen. Katie Britt (R-AL) Sunday about the “integrity” of President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to run the Justice Department, former Florida AG Pam Bondi.

Bondi stood firmly in Trump’s corner for years as he claimed without evidence the 2020 election was stolen from him. She was tapped to run the DOJ by Trump after Matt Gaetz’s shortlived nomination disintegrated on Nov. 21.

As The Washington Post noted, Bondi went to work for Trump in 2020 as he claimed he lost Pennsylvania to Joe Biden over fraud and “boosted” those claims. Barring any setbacks, Bondi will soon become the US Attorney General with the support she needs from Senate Republicans, who clinched a majority in November.

On Sunday’s State of the Union on CNN, Tapper pressed Britt about her decision to vote to confirm Bondi.

“You’re on the Senate Judiciary Committee. Attorney general nominee Pam Bondi will testify before your committee later this week. You have said she has your support, and she will help restore the Department of Justice to become one, ‘Driven by blind justice, not blind partisan politics,'” Tapper said.

The CNN anchor added, “We should note, as a member of Trump’s legal team in 2020, she falsely claimed that Trump had won Pennsylvania, which he had not. She spread baseless claims about widespread cheating by Democrats, about fake ballots. That is partisan politics. What she said in 2020, that is not justice.”

Britt deflected by slamming President Joe Biden for choosing to “weaponize the justice system” against Americans.

“When I talked with Pam Bondi, she committed to me to getting back to doing the job of the people, to getting back to doing what the department was created to do,” Britt said.

She added she was “satisfied” with Bondi after meeting with her and felt she would do “an excellent job” replacing outgoing Attorney General Merrick Garland.

Tapper pressed, “But why would you think somebody who’s willing to lie about the election results in Pennsylvania is going to restore integrity in the Justice Department the way that you are calling for?

Britt said Bondi would have the opportunity to answer those questions publicly during her confirmation process.

“But she’s ready to move forward and move forward in a way that the American people deserve,” Britt concluded.

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