President-elect Donald Trump's new attorney general pick Pam Bondi seemed a clear upgrade on his original pick, but her nomination has revived concerns about a donation she received at the same time her office considered a case against Trump University.

Following the departure of Donald Trump’s attorney general pick Matt Gaetz, who was forced to step down after being dogged by allegations he slept with a high school girl, attention will turn to his defence secretary hopeful, Pete Hegseth.