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Live from NPR News, I'm Lakshmi Singh. Widespread uncertainty inside the Department of Justice as a new boss takes the helm. Pam Bondi has been sworn in as U.S. Attorney General.
Support and defend the Constitution of the United States.
then I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas administered the oath in the Oval Office as President Trump looked on. Bondi later turned to Trump and pledged to make him and the country proud. Earlier, Trump praised Bondi and raised the subject of impartiality.
I'm supposed to say she's going to be totally impartial with respect to Democrats, and I think she will be as impartial as a person can be. I'm not sure if there's a possibility of totally, but she's going to be as total as you can get.
Groups of FBI agents and other staff involved in the January 6th investigations have filed a class action suit to prevent the administration from publicly IDing them. They're going to come under the oversight of now the new AG, Pam Bondi. The administration is giving out resignation offers to some in the intelligence community.
NPR's Jenna McLaughlin reports it's the latest move by the incoming White House to shrink the size of the federal government, raising concerns about potential impact to national security.
Employees at the Central Intelligence Agency, the National Security Agency, and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence received deferred resignation offers in recent days. That's according to sources who spoke to NPR on condition of anonymity. The move is part of an effort to realign the intelligence community with President Trump's agenda.
A CIA spokesperson said Director John Ratcliffe is, quote, moving swiftly to ensure the CIA workforce is responsive to the administration's national security priorities. The offers were sent to all employees of the agencies, though sources cautioned there will likely be exceptions for highly sensitive or senior roles. Jenna McLaughlin, NPR News.
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