AP: Pam Bondi sought Donald Trump donation before dropping Trump U fraud case

[RockaFowler]

This woman is horrible for this state. She is the biggest fraud - along with pRick Scott.

http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/the-buzz-florida-politics/ap-bondi-sought-trump-donation-before-dropping-fraud-case/2280537

The new disclosure from a spokesman for Bondi to the AP adds new details to the unusual circumstances of Trump's $25,000 donation to a Bondi political committee. After the money came in, Bondi's office decided not to sue Trump.

The money came from a Trump family foundation, in apparent violation of rules regulating political activites by charities. A political group that backed Bondi's 2014 re-election, called And Justice for All, reported receiving the check on Sept. 17, 2013, four days after Bondi publicly announced she was considering joining a New York state probe of Trump University's activities.

Mark Reichelderfer, a Tallahassee political consultant who worked for Bondi's 2014 re-election and who fielded questions on the donation at her request, told AP that Bondi spoke with Trump "several weeks" before her office announced it was deliberating whether to join a multi-state lawsuit proposed by New York's attorney general, Democrat Eric Schneiderman. Reichelderfer said Bondi was unaware of dozens of consumer complaints received by her office about Trump University filed before she solicited the donation.

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More than 60 people sought help from the Florida attorney general's office in obtaining refunds from Trump University and its affiliates.

"I was laid off work for the first time in my life and really need this money to support my family," one man wrote, saying he had been promised a refund but did not receive it. "$1,400 is so much money for my family."

Bondi's office has said she received only one complaint about Trump University at the time she decided not to join the New York investigation. Her office said that statement was accurate at the time because most complaints dealt with Trump Institute, a separate entity from Trump University. Trump Institute was licensed by Trump to run his real estate seminars, with Trump keeping a share of the profits.

[tonyt53]

1. On top of that, the Trump family organization that sent the money, made it illegally.

[Trust Buster]

2. Unbelievable on Trump's and the Florida AG's part. Between this and Trump's attack on the judge

in his personal civil case, Trump is showing the country that he would use any aspect of the government to settle personal scores. This is a dangerous guy and he's not hiding it from the American people. The American people know all they need to know about this guy. No excuses.

[kimbutgar]

3. Too bad nothing will come of this

Bondi will continue to be AJ and will probably be elected governor someday. They really are corrupt and stupid in Florida. If this happened in California they would be out so quick by public pressure.

[Peacetrain]

4. Wow.. it just keeps getting worse

[mnmoderatedem]

5. same thing with texas AG. We've posted that earlier

The Clinton campaign needs to run these points into the ground.

[Baitball Blogger]

6. These people live in their own world.

Who is going to take her down, really? We don't even have Florida Democrats who are free to take the high ground when it comes to chastising Republicans for taking campaign donations from people they're supposed to regulate.

[lpbk2713]

7. Clear cut evidence of an intention to violate the law IMO.

She went out of her way to persue a lucrative conflict of interest for political gain.