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kentuck

(111,061 posts)
Tue Sep 6, 2016, 02:48 PM Sep 2016

Is the FBI questioning Pam Bondi?

Pam Bondi is the Attorney General of Florida. She was in the process of joining a lawsuit against Trump University. Then Donald contributed $25,000 to her campaign committee and she dropped any intention she may have had of suing Trump University.
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http://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/news-columns-blogs/fred-grimm/article82563867.html


And worse still. The donation — from Trump’s Section 501©(3) charitable foundation — was illegal. And never reported to the IRS. Tax-exempt charitable foundations are prohibited from engaging in political activity. That’s for Trump and the IRS to work out. But how the hell could a prohibited transgression like that go unremarked for nearly three years by its recipient, Florida’s chief legal officer? How was it that the very attorney general failed to check the provenance of her $25,000 donation?

Which only adds another sleazy chapter to Bondi’s history of bent ethics. In 2014, The New York Times reported that a Washington lobbying firm specializing in influencing state attorneys general had lavished considerable attention on Bondi, showering her with gifts, exotic junkets and campaign contributions. Meanwhile the Florida Attorney General’s Office lost interest in pursuing fraud allegations dogging the firm’s various clients.

Despite the ethical conflicts, Bondi is scheduled to appear with Trump at a campaign rally in Tampa Saturday. When Donald Trump buys himself an attorney general, he gets his money’s worth.

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Is the FBI questioning Pam Bondi? (Original Post) kentuck Sep 2016 OP
Was Alberto (Whatever the President wants is fine) Gonzalez her role model? guillaumeb Sep 2016 #1
What a joke Divine Discontent Sep 2016 #2
... napkinz Sep 2016 #3
Florida Democrats need to Andy823 Sep 2016 #5
Trump accusing Hillary of "pay for play" napkinz Sep 2016 #4
Maybe he and Hillary can thrash this out during the debates. anamandujano Sep 2016 #14
FBI, soon to release all phone records. safeinOhio Sep 2016 #6
QUID PRO QUO!!!!! wolfie001 Sep 2016 #7
Lock Him Up! napkinz Sep 2016 #8
AND there was the Texas AG donation Delmette Sep 2016 #9
Pam Bondi classykaren Sep 2016 #10
Joy Reid covering the scandal again on MSNBC tonight napkinz Sep 2016 #11
She's tearing this fool a new one malaise Sep 2016 #12
I wish she were on every night! napkinz Sep 2016 #13
Me too! Native Sep 2016 #15

Andy823

(11,495 posts)
5. Florida Democrats need to
Tue Sep 6, 2016, 04:38 PM
Sep 2016

Demand an investigation, like your last picture says, and start protesting until it happens. Don't wait for the republican run state government to do something, go straight to the FBI, send letters to congress members, both state and national, and get it into the news. The people can make a difference if they unite and stand for what is right.

napkinz

(17,199 posts)
4. Trump accusing Hillary of "pay for play"
Tue Sep 6, 2016, 03:10 PM
Sep 2016


Trump: "Pay for play. You are not allowed to do it. It's illegal."


so ...

anamandujano

(7,004 posts)
14. Maybe he and Hillary can thrash this out during the debates.
Tue Sep 6, 2016, 08:42 PM
Sep 2016

At some time they will be able to ask each other questions. He is simply turning the tables, accusing someone of doing what he did.

wolfie001

(2,206 posts)
7. QUID PRO QUO!!!!!
Tue Sep 6, 2016, 04:57 PM
Sep 2016

Lock her up!
Lock her up!
Lock her up!
Lock her up!
Lock her up!
Lock her up!
Lock her up!
Lock her up!
Lock her up!
Lock her up!

Delmette

(522 posts)
9. AND there was the Texas AG donation
Tue Sep 6, 2016, 05:26 PM
Sep 2016

That donation was $35,000 and Texas dropped their lawsuit against Trump University.

classykaren

(769 posts)
10. Pam Bondi
Tue Sep 6, 2016, 05:33 PM
Sep 2016

She is also hosting the Alleged Human Right summit at the Scientology building in Clearwater, On October the first.

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