WASHINGTON (AP) — 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.

A Tampa-area native, Pam Bondi became the second Floridian and the third woman to hold the office of U.S. attorney general.

Pam Bondi's confirmation as U.S. attorney general comes at a time when the Justice Department and FBI are under heavy scrutiny by Democrats and Republicans.