Attorney General Pam Bondi warned sanctuary cities they 'are going to be next' if local officials continue to harbor and protect illegal aliens over the safety of citizens.

Although the department historically has insisted on remaining independent of the White House, Bondi made clear that she was working to overhaul a DOJ that Trump has insisted is both biased against him and against political conservatives in general.

The Wall Street Journal Editor-at-Large Gerard Baker has welcomed Pam Bondi’s latest proposal. The new attorney general issued a directive establishing a Weaponization Working Group. The group will review the "politicised" actions of officials who investigated President Trump at the state and federal levels.

The first attorney general, Edmund Randolph, was President George Washington’s confidant and close political ally. Between then and now, presidents have, from time to time, appointed friends and supporters to be attorneys general. They even chose campaign managers or their party’s national chairperson to be attorney general of the United States.

CNN legal expert Elie Honig essentially flunked Pam Bondi on her first day as attorney general Wednesday. (Watch the video below.) After host Kaitlan Collins played a clip of President Donald Trump musing whether Bondi could be impartial toward Democrats, Honig went on the offensive.

WASHINGTON -- WASHINGTON (AP) — Pam Bondi was sworn in Wednesday as attorney general, taking charge of the Justice Department as it braces for upheaval with President Donald Trump aiming to exert his will over an agency that has long provoked his ire.

Attorney General Pam Bondi is suing Illinois and the city of Chicago over it's sanctuary city policies.