Trump Held Fundraiser For Pam Bondi At Mar-a-Lago After She Dropped Investigation

[Skidmore]

Much more than $25K involved.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-pam-bondi-trump-university_us_57cf2c6ce4b0a48094a64854

WASHINGTON ― In March 2014, Donald Trump opened his 126-room Palm Beach resort, Mar-a-Lago, for a $3,000-per-person fundraiser for Pam Bondi. The Florida attorney general, who was facing a tough re-election campaign, had recently decided not to investigate Trump University.

Trump did not write a check to the attorney general that night. The previous fall, his personal foundation had given $25,000 to a pro-Bondi PAC. But by hosting her fundraiser at Mar-a-Lago and bringing in some of his own star power, Trump provided Bondi’s campaign with a nice financial boost.

Since he began his run for the White House, Trump has repeatedly claimed that Bondi is merely someone he has supported politically. But his fundraising efforts for her were extensive and varied: In addition to the $25,000 donation from his foundation and the star-studded Mar-a-Lago event, Trump and his daughter Ivanka each gave $500 to Bondi’s campaign in the fall of 2013. The following spring, Ivanka and her father donated another $125,000 to the Republican Party of Florida ― Bondi’s single biggest source of campaign funds.

All this money created the appearance that Donald Trump was thanking Bondi for halting any further investigation into his failed seminar programs. Trump’s efforts to boost her politically came during and after a period when Bondi was under pressure to pursue allegations that those seminars were defrauding consumers...more

[OnDoutside]

1. Halperin looking SO sad this is being discussed on MSNBC now :)

[KewlKat]

2. yeah.....i love watching him suffer!!!!

[UCmeNdc]

3. Corruption! Bribery! This needs an FBI investigation!

Put them under oath!

[yardwork]

4. Throw him in jail!

[Orsino]

5. .

https://theintercept.com/2015/08/07/donald-trump-buy/

“I was a businessman. I give to everybody. When they call, I give. And you know what? When I need something from them, two years later, three years later, I call them, and they are there for me.”

[napkinz]

6. K&R

[Stuart G]

7. K and R

[Maru Kitteh]

8. LOCK THEM UP! Including Ivanka.

[napkinz]

9. yep!

[Maru Kitteh]

11. Excellent collection there! Thanks for posting it!

[napkinz]

12. you're welcome Maru Kitteh

more at http://www.democraticunderground.com/10028150638

[NewJeffCT]

10. Teapot Trump

after the Teapot Dome bribery scandal.