Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi will speak at Republican Convention on Wednesday

[Eric J in MN]

Pam Bondi

AP Jun. 6, 2016

Florida's attorney general personally solicited a political contribution from Donald Trump around the same time her office deliberated joining an investigation of alleged fraud at Trump University and its affiliates

The new disclosure from Attorney General Pam Bondi's spokesman to The Associated Press on Monday provides additional details around the unusual circumstances of Trump's $25,000 donation to Bondi.

The money came from a Trump family foundation in apparent violation of rules surrounding political activities by charities. A political group backing Bondi's re-election, called And Justice for All, reported receiving the check Sept. 17, 2013 — four days after Bondi's office publicly announced she was considering joining a New York state probe of Trump University's activities, according to a 2013 report in the Orlando Sentinel.

After the check came in, Bondi's office nixed suing Trump, citing insufficient grounds to proceed.

http://bigstory.ap.org/article/e16a8223c24048d290883370dc6abe5b/florida-ag-asked-trump-donation-nixing-fraud-case

Justice for sale. Trump got his version of justice for a $25,000 donation to Pam Bondi. More than most people could afford, but little money to Trump.

[chillfactor]

1. gee..

a disgraced rethug speaking at the convention.....how appropriate!

[Hortensis]

2. She's doubling down on trouble by speaking

at Trump's convention? Florida papers have been covering this. It's not an obscure story. Yet another dysfunctional in the clusterfuck around Trump.

Good.

[glennward]

3. Ahhhh...meat for another HC ad to play in FL and all during the RNC convention. nt

[Eric J in MN]

4. Good idea. Ads with a Florida angle to the Trump University fraud story. NT

NT