A Tampa-area native, Pam Bondi became the second Floridian and the third woman to hold the office of U.S. attorney general.

Bondi, who was Florida’s first female attorney general, takes charge of the Justice Department as it braces for upheaval with President Donald Trump aiming to exert his will over an agency that

The U.S. Senate confirmed Pam Bondi on Tuesday night to become the next U.S. attorney general and lead the Justice Department during the Trump administration.