Pam Bondi’s tenure as Florida’s attorney general shows she is ambitious, transactional and ethically challenged, writes columnist Scott Maxwell.

President-elect Donald Trump’s attorney general nominee, Pam Bondi, began making rounds in the Senate on Monday as she courts support from key lawmakers before her forthcoming confirmation hearing. Bondi first met with Sen.

In Ms. Bondi, who served on his legal team during his first impeachment, the president-elect turned to a loyal ally to put his stamp on a Justice Department that he sees as hostile to him.