Trump emphasized that Bondi was a prosecutor for around 20 years. In Gaetz's case, one of the criticisms was that he had no legal expertise or enough experience for the job.
Above all, Gaetz's nomination was torpedoed by allegations that he had had sex with a minor and used drugs. The 42-year-old always rejected both. However, several Republican senators publicly doubted that Gaetz would be confirmed by the House of Congress. The House Ethics Committee had prepared a report on the allegations – but it was not initially published because Gaetz immediately gave up his seat in the chamber after the nomination, which usually means that the proceedings against him are dropped.
Given the narrow Republican majority among the 100 senators, a ministerial appointment would fail with just four no votes from their camp. Bondi should have a much better chance of getting through the House of Congress. The 59-year-old has been an active Trump supporter for a long time and stood by the then president during the first impeachment trial against him in Congress in 2019. In recent months, she has made TV appearances criticizing the cases against Trump and portraying it as if he was being pursued by the investigating prosecutors for political motives.
