US attorney general designee Pam Bondi fended off onslaughts from California Sens. Adam Schiff and Alex Padilla at her confirmation hearing Wednesday, both of whom grilled her about President-elect Donald Trump.

Padilla and Sen. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., are members of the Senate Judiciary Committee, which held a confirmation hearing on Bondi Wednesday. The hearings continue Thursday. Republicans control 53 of the Senate’s 100 seats, and GOP committee members praised Bondi, a former Florida attorney general, throughout the hearing.

In a tense exchange, Democratic Sen. Adam Schiff of California and Pam Bondi sparred over whether her personal political beliefs would affect decisions on pardons in January 6, 2021, cases and the preservation of evidence from the special counsel investigations into Donald Trump.