The Senate on Tuesday night confirmed Pam Bondi as President Donald Trump’s attorney general.

The vote was 54-46, with only one Democrat, Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania, supporting Bondi, a former Florida attorney general who became Trump’s pick when former Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., turned down the nomination and resigned from Congress.

Fetterman told reporters after the vote that he decided to support Bondi because of her qualifications, even though she is not his “ideal” choice, according to CNN.

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