Freshman Sen. Adam Schiff of California was apparently so exhausted from his heated exchange with Attorney General nominee Pam Bondi that he was later caught napping during her confirmation hearing on Wednesday.

Former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi, who was nominated to be head of President-elect Donald Trump’s Justice Department, lashed out at Sen. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) in a fiery exchange during her confirmation hearings before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday.

US Attorney General-designate Pam Bondi advanced past the Senate Judiciary Committee on a party-line basis, teeing her up for a full-chamber confirmation vote.

Sen. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) said Pam Bondi, President-elect Trump’s nominee for attorney general, was “terrified” of contradicting the incoming president in her confirmation hearing before the

Senate Democrats have postponed the consideration of President Donald Trump’s choice for U.S. attorney general, Pam Bondi, by at least one week. The Judiciary Committee announced on Tuesday that it had canceled its scheduled hearing on Wednesday when members would have had the opportunity to vote to move Bondi’s nomination to the entire Senate.

Calif., grilled Pam Bondi on how she would act in terms of President-elect Trump's political opponents, leading to a fiery response from Bondi.

The pièce de résistance was when she claimed she’d "review every Trump pardon," and Schiff didn’t even let her finish thee charade before offering his devastating retort: "Of course you won’t."

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.

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Ryan Lucas covers the Justice Department for NPR. He focuses on the national security side of the Justice beat, including counterterrorism, counterintelligence and transnational repression.