WATCH LIVE: Senate holds hearings for Bondi and other Trump picks

The Senate is holding hearings for President-elect Donald Trump’s nominees, including Pam Bondi, who is being considered for U.S. Attorney ⁤General, and ⁢Doug Burgum, nominated​ for​ interior Secretary.The hearings ⁢are ‌taking place to question and evaluate the nominees before their confirmation⁤ votes in⁤ the ⁣full senate. Pam Bondi, a close ally of ⁤Trump and former Florida Attorney ⁣General, is facing​ a second day of questioning by the Senate Judiciary Committee. Doug Burgum’s ⁤confirmation hearing⁢ will also take place. The sessions can be ​watched ⁤live, with links provided ⁢for ‌the‍ respective nominees’ testimonies.


WATCH LIVE: Senate holds hearings for Bondi, Burgum, and other Trump picks

Senate committees are holding multiple hearings Thursday to question President-elect Donald Trump‘s nominees before their confirmation votes in front of the entire Senate body.

Five Trump nominees are slated to face committees Thursday, including a second hearing for Trump’s pick to run the Justice Department, Pam Bondi, who faced the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday.

Watch all of the hearings here:

Pam Bondi for attorney general at 10:15 a.m.

Bondi will face the Senate Judiciary Committee once again Thursday as she is considered for the role of U.S. attorney general. A staunch Trump ally, Bondi was a senior adviser on Trump’s first impeachment defense team. She served as Florida attorney general from 2011 to 2019.

Doug Burgum for interior secretary at 10 a.m.

Former North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum will face the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee at 10 a.m. Thursday as he is considered for interior secretary. Burgum has been an advocate of American energy production, coming from an oil-rich state. His nomination will likely have bipartisan support.

Scott Bessent for treasury secretary at 10:30 a.m.

Scott Bessent, a billionaire hedge fund manager whom Trump tapped to be treasury secretary, will meet with the Senate Finance Committee at 10:30 a.m. Thursday. His confirmation is expected to be smooth, as meetings with Republican senators and centrist Democrats have reportedly gone well.

Lee Zeldin for Environmental Protection Agency administrator at 10 a.m.

Lee Zeldin, who unsuccessfully ran for governor of New York in 2022, was nominated for administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. He will face the Senate Environmental and Public Works Committee at 10 a.m. Thursday.

Scott Turner for HUD secretary at 10 a.m.

Former NFL player Scott Turner will meet with the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs at 10 a.m. Thursday as he is being considered to be Trump’s housing and urban development secretary. Turner served as a midlevel official in the first Trump administration, during which he headed a council overseeing federal opportunity zones.



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