GOP's Britt put on the spot by CNN's Tapper for supporting an election denier to head DOJ

CNN's Jake Tapper grilled Sen. Katie Britt (R-AL) for supporting an "election-denier" to serve as the next U.S. Attorney General.

Britt appeared on Sunday's State of the Union, where she spoke glowingly about Pam Bondi, former Florida AG and Donald Trump attorney during his first impeachment trial who made false claims about the "stolen" 2020 presidential election.

"You have said she has your support and she will help restore the Department of Justice to become one, quote, 'Driven by blind justice, not blind partisan politics,' unquote," Tapper began. "We should note that as a member of Trump's legal team in 2020, she falsely claimed that Trump had won Pennsylvania, which he had not. She spread baseless claims about widespread cheating by Democrats, about fake ballots. That is partisan politics, what she said in 2020; that is not justice."

Britt pivoted to "take a look at what's happened under the Biden administration — we have people in these offices who have chosen to go after American citizens, who have chosen to weaponize the justice system in a number of ways."

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Britt said that when she met with Bondi, she met a nominee who was committed" to getting back to doing the job of the people, to getting back to doing what the department was created to do," and was looking forward to Bondi making her case "before the American people."

"But why would you think somebody who's willing to lie about the election results in Pennsylvania is going to restore integrity in the Justice Department the way that you are calling for?" Tapper pressed.

Britt assured him that, "I asked that question very directly," but didn't give details.

"I'm sure she'll have an opportunity to answer this in front of the American people, but the answers she has given me, most definitely, she is not only qualified but she is ready to move forward and move forward in a way the American public deserves," Britt said.

Trump nominated Bondi to fill the AG post after former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) dropped out of contention for becoming a "distraction" over ethics complaints against him, including allegedly having sex with an underage girl.

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