WASHINGTON, Feb 4 (Reuters) - The Republican-led U.S.

Senate confirmed Pam Bondi as the new U.S. attorney general on

Tuesday, propelling one of President Donald Trump's staunchest

political allies to the top perch of American law enforcement.

The 54-46 vote to confirm of the former Florida state

attorney general will help Trump solidify his control over the

U.S. Justice Department, which has recently seen sweeping cuts

targeting prosecutors and FBI agents who investigated the Jan.

6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol by the president's

supporters.

Democratic Senator John Fetterman joined all 53 Republicans

in voting for Bondi.

Bondi, 59, vowed to maintain the department's independence

during a confirmation hearing last month, telling lawmakers she

will not inject politics into criminal or civil investigations.

But lawmakers continue to harbor concerns about whether she

will resist potentially improper or illegal orders from Trump,

after the firings of dozens of prosecutors who pursued criminal

charges against him.

After entering office on Jan. 20, Trump signed an executive

order blasting what he called the "weaponizing" of federal law

enforcement and intelligence agencies and ordered the attorney

general to "review the activities of all departments and

agencies exercising civil or criminal enforcement authority."

Bondi, who spent decades as a prosecutor, represented Trump

during his first impeachment trial. She has also echoed some of

his false claims about voter fraud in the 2020 presidential

election.

The incoming attorney general holds a stake in Trump's media

company, the Trump Media and Technology Group ( DJT ), according to

financial disclosures she filed with the Office of Government

Ethics.

Bondi was Trump's second pick for the top U.S. law

enforcement job. His first choice, former U.S. Representative

Matt Gaetz, resigned from Congress and withdrew his name from

consideration just before a House of Representatives ethics

report found that he had paid women for sex and drugs and

obstructed Congress.

Gaetz so far is the only Trump cabinet nominee to end his

bid for the office. Senate committees on Tuesday advanced the

nominations of two of Trump's most controversial nominees,

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to be the nation's top health official and

Tulsi Gabbard to serve as its top spy.