U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi will issue several directives to the Justice Department to "combat the weaponization of the legal system." Those include ending the moratorium on federal executions, halting federal funding for sanctuary cities and terminating DEI programs at the department.

Attorney General Pam Bondi set the tone at the Department of Justice within hours of being sworn in on Wednesday, issuing more than a dozen memos to her workforce that aligned with the Trump administration’s crackdown on immigration and its desire to end a perceived weaponization of government powers.

WASHINGTON — 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.