Former FBI Special Agent Nicole Parker, who worked hand-in-hand with Trump’s pick for attorney general, said Pam Bondi is a “woman of integrity” who, if confirmed, would prosecute fairly and stick to the U.S. Constitution.

Parker told Fox News Digital that she worked with Bondi after the February 2018 Stoneman Douglas massacre in Parkland, Florida, which stole the lives of 17 students. She noted that Bondi’s “tender heart” and boots-on-the-ground attitude assisted the community during the tragic mass shooting.

“At the time, Pam was serving as the attorney general, and I was an FBI Special Agent assigned to the Violent Crime Squad. And I was responding to that tragic, just absolutely heartbreaking incident, and Pam Bondi made her way down to South Florida as quickly as possible, and she was there for her constituents in this dark moment of need,” she said.

“What really inspired and touched me about Pam is that she has a very tender heart, and she has a lot of compassion, and she genuinely cares about the people that she serves,” Parker said. “She has that very fine and delicate balance of being very tough and strong but also having a soul and having compassion and caring for the victims that she’s helping.”

“The rank and file, those doing the heavy lifting, welcome Bondi’s arrival as the next AG,” she said. “They crave strong leadership and anxiously await an AG with a strong track record of holding criminals responsible and who will regain the trust of the American people.”

Pam Bondi, President-elect Donald Trump’s choice to lead the Justice Department as attorney general, appears before the Senate Judiciary Committee for her confirmation hearing at the Capitol on Jan. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

Bondi said in her opening statement that if confirmed as attorney general, she will return the Justice Department “to its core mission of keeping Americans safe and vigorously prosecuting criminals.”

“That includes getting back to basics: gangs, drugs, terrorists, cartels, our border and our foreign adversaries,” she said.

Bondi said that, like Trump, she believes the DOJ is on the cusp of a new golden age.

“Lastly and most importantly, if confirmed, I will fight every day to restore confidence and integrity to the Department of Justice and each of its components – the partisanship, the weaponization – will be gone. America will have one tier of justice for all,” she said.