Pam Bondi, Trump's new pick for AG, has a very long history from when she was Florida's attorney general of helping Trump legally after he gave her contributions. And there's more you need to know. A brief thread. - ThreadSky

rrrvvvwww.bsky.social•135 days ago

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gypsysoul1968.bsky.social•135 days ago

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luluroche.bsky.social•134 days ago

wow

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karijohn.bsky.social•135 days ago

I hope this is not too misogynistic but we went from a sexual predator to evil barbie!?

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chrishowell.com•135 days ago

I almost forgot about Pam.

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kerrit.bsky.social•135 days ago

i liked it better when i forgot her

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t-antony.bsky.social•135 days ago

She did not prosecute DeSantis which makes her a conspiring criminal AG from Florida.

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tennking.bsky.social•135 days ago

another tRumpian thug
goon an traitor

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rosie5278.bsky.social•135 days ago

And don't forget how Pam Bondi (Bimbo Barbie in FMP's) refused to return a family's dog to them after Hurricane Katrina.

https://www.businessinsider.com/rnc-speaker-pam-bondi-custody-battle-dog-with-katrina-victims-2020-8

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megintheshire.bsky.social•135 days ago

No please not Pam Bondi, another grifter. Awful FL AG! Spare us.

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sfcbenny.bsky.social•135 days ago

Poor Batty Matty. He gives up so he gets replaced by an airhead blond.

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lindon-lomax.bsky.social•135 days ago

Isn't it crazy? After Gaetz Pam Bondi seems to be a sane choice.
Everything is relative. Good old Einstein.

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denismcdowell.bsky.social•135 days ago

Sadly, she will sail through confirmation.

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scottevans.bsky.social•135 days ago

What could be more emblematic of a 2nd Trump presidency than a common corrupt Florida hack attorney as his attorney general?

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btoreo.bsky.social•133 days ago

Cannon 🤷‍♂️

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paddlershawn.bsky.social•135 days ago

Money is speech.

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paddlershawn.bsky.social•135 days ago

https://www.newyorker.com/news/john-cassidy/trump-university-the-scandal-that-wont-go-away

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webrant.bsky.social•135 days ago

Proof again that it's the complicity in corruption that creates the only trust he can count on.

https://bsky.app/profile/taniel.bsky.social/post/3lbinuramis27

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gnarlygnubs.bsky.social•135 days ago

Better than Ken Paxton, I guess. *strips naked & walks slowly into the Atlantic*

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romanplateau.bsky.social•134 days ago

@skyview.social unroll

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2002magoo.bsky.social•135 days ago

She is blonde…Trump has a type!

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elsaorgana.bsky.social•134 days ago

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hayseedlucy.bsky.social•126 days ago

Drump's go-to has always been 'flood the zone'.
No one can keep up on all his crimes, cause he's just criming all the time! Non-stop!!
Why on earth would poor & middling Americans vote for such a poser-wannabe that only wants to support billionaires???
Make it make sense!!

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hayseedlucy.bsky.social•126 days ago

Yeah... Horrible people doing horrible things.
Same for ALL his cabinet picks!
What I don't get is this sudden OUTRAGE when your felon president selects felon cabinet ministers that will destroy your democracy, middle class, health care & social security.
That's who America voted into power.

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dgtldva.bsky.social•135 days ago

Thx!

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bectrola.bsky.social•135 days ago

Omfg, Bondi?

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craigcrawford.com•135 days ago

Watch Pam Bondi try to defend her lengthy anti-gay record to Anderson Cooper after the Pulse nightclub shooting (2016) https://youtu.be/BkSUE7esjG8?si=6iHaiDszEHrx--Eo

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rayleengale.bsky.social•134 days ago

😫😫😫😫😫

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jeanie31199.bsky.social•135 days ago

“Legally?”

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norcalbuckeye.bsky.social•135 days ago

I realize that "she's just a normal level of Trump grift and incompetence, so I'm not entirely disgusted by her nomination" is a pretty low bar, but I'll take it.

There are much more terrifying attorneys that could have been nominated.

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patti13.bsky.social•135 days ago

Maybe this was the plan all along. First select an ass hat rapist, the ass hat pulls his nomination, and the 🍊🤡 selects his first choice, a drifter just like himself.

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patti13.bsky.social•135 days ago

GRIFTER

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sportysue.bsky.social•135 days ago

Pretty embarrassing for Gaetz but there could still be a big payoff coming

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norcalbuckeye.bsky.social•135 days ago

That and to distract us from nominees like a Tulsi Gabbard

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bgrrl.bsky.social•135 days ago

That's my thought too. He's "virtue signaling" his cult.

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jlg13.bsky.social•135 days ago

Yes, I think it’s the strategy

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waterloo45.bsky.social•135 days ago

Fixing elections

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justbobhere.bsky.social•135 days ago

25 million reasons?

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direwolf54.bsky.social•135 days ago

Well, who wants to have a fundraiser and miss someone getting electrocuted?

Solid move

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lisaad.bsky.social•135 days ago

Did she fail the bar exam? Not licensed until the year after she graduated from law school.

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bradleyryan.bsky.social•134 days ago

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farleysdad.bsky.social•135 days ago

I live here and she is a world class..........you know
Be prepared to watch her so all the things that von shitzinpants wants
Kiss your civil Liberties goodbye
Faux News blonde..... she will be confirmed

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charliedog.bsky.social•135 days ago

Agree 💯

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jeanie31199.bsky.social•135 days ago

I concur.

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knbooth.bsky.social•135 days ago

She was bought and paid for years ago.

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missfannie.bsky.social•135 days ago

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momarcher5.bsky.social•135 days ago

So, he does know there’s a whole country of people to choose from, right?

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left0fcenter.bsky.social•135 days ago

Honestly, someone with actual experience and isn't a sexual predator/criminal is one hell of an upgrade. She may be morally unethical, but she's possibly his best cabinet pick so far. 🤷‍♂️

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jcescada.bsky.social•135 days ago

Pam Bondi, el nuevo candidato de AG de Trump, recibió una donación de $ 25,000 de Trump mientras revisaba las acusaciones contra la Universidad de Trump en una demanda colectiva.
No se tomaron medidas contra Trump o su universidad.

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czeckmate2024.bsky.social•135 days ago

Let’s get real everyone. You are not going to like any of Trump’s nominees for anything.
They are all corrupt by definition since they pledge loyalty to him first.

So instead of focusing on who’s next in the clown car, why not DEMAND A HANDCOUNT of the election?!?!

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bradleyryan.bsky.social•134 days ago

Let’s organize collective action! Would you like to be a part of it?

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czeckmate2024.bsky.social•134 days ago

Yes

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greengirls.bsky.social•135 days ago

I keep wondering why this isn’t happening. I just don’t understand.

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bradleyryan.bsky.social•134 days ago

We need to organize collective action! Would you like to be a part of it?

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bgrrl.bsky.social•135 days ago

I agree! It's so obvious he cheats (and gets things done) while we scramble after the penny candy he throws.

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accountabilabuddy.bsky.social•135 days ago

You can just call it bribery, there's no need to water it down.

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frankmyerscreative.bsky.social•135 days ago

Is this in any way surprising? Trump only cares about loyalty to him because he is the only HE cares about. He is completely disinterested in a functional government, he is always either courting favor or rewarding fealty.

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btoreo.bsky.social•133 days ago

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lavandedusud-24.bsky.social•135 days ago

Poor Ken Paxton (TX AG). He was really, really hoping to get to get the nomination.🙃🙃

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gingerloubrown.bsky.social•135 days ago

Thank you. I didn't know who she was or if she was even an attorney.

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madgreek2024.bsky.social•135 days ago

Trump's next choice... she has nice legs! Ohh and takes a bribe. That was an easy pick. 🤬

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annespiro.bsky.social•135 days ago

I honestly think more research went into picking my last fantasy football draft than Trump's cabinet. 🙄

She's not good but could be worse I guess...

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mslowins954.bsky.social•135 days ago

she’s no bueno

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dawgfanatic.bsky.social•135 days ago

I think the word you’re looking for is bribe

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stacy22mom.bsky.social•134 days ago

I believe this SCOTUS would call it a gratuity.

Not corrupt at all.

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coolkk21.bsky.social•135 days ago

No matter who he appoints, it will always be all about him. That’s why I didn’t care if Matt won the nomination.

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grainsofsand.bsky.social•135 days ago

Whatever happened to thoughtful deliberation for one’s cabinet members? He’s not putting any effort into this whatsoever.

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tcomer13.bsky.social•135 days ago

When dismantling the government is the goal, they all make sense.

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charliedog.bsky.social•135 days ago

Yes!

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sportysue.bsky.social•135 days ago

He puts very little effort into anything

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kegill.bsky.social•135 days ago

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sfbutler33.bsky.social•135 days ago

The absolute worst!

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justice4none.bsky.social•135 days ago

Check, please

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andalsoplus.bsky.social•135 days ago

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tobysmom88.bsky.social•135 days ago

Isn’t she the one who let Epstein off the hook?

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owlectric.bsky.social•135 days ago

Oh yeah, this is another of his pet monkeys. He bribed her and then she did what he wanted.

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skocen.bsky.social•135 days ago

Yea... but that was his point... bring in a less heinous candidate who will cover and crime for trump... he is doing that in every cabinet position... and the heinous, but less heinous candidate will get approved

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scottbohannon.bsky.social•135 days ago

New hashtag

#pamblondie

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jhawk58.bsky.social•135 days ago

I remember when she was a trump attorney at impeachment trial. Totally inept. And she was involved somehow with trump university case. I was expecting Aileen Cannon, but is probably saving her for SCOTUS.

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socrateazer.bsky.social•135 days ago

maybe "helping trump with legal matters", rather than saying that she helped him legally, which might need to be proven ...

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zoeg.bsky.social•135 days ago

Bondi also played a role along with Kavanaugh in the Bush Gore ballot count. She’s a team player without scruples

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susanromano.bsky.social•135 days ago

What was her deal with guns crossing state lines, Las Vegas shooter

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taniel.bsky.social•135 days ago

1—As Florida AG, Bondi nixed suing Trump over Trump U after she solicited a contribution from him & he gave $25,000: http://floridapolitics.com/archives/212377-pam-bondi-personally-asked-donald-trump-donation-nixing-trump-u-fraud-case

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demdefend.bsky.social•132 days ago

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chrishowell.com•135 days ago

True,

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jackie-jackpot.bsky.social•135 days ago

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nsfbr.bsky.social•135 days ago

I can accept small ball grift over a full on gestopification of DOJ. We may get both, but let maybe not.

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rkfatheree.bsky.social•135 days ago

Didn’t Trump use the wrong name for her PAC to hide the contribution?

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chuckedahl.bsky.social•135 days ago

That was probably merely Trump's proceeds from a single "graduating" class after his assemblage of touts and cut purses took their cut.

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barbaray.bsky.social•135 days ago

Her rates are cheap if $25,000 buys her. Stormy got $150,000.

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taniel.bsky.social•135 days ago

2—Bondi's office justified nixing Trump U suit by saying she'd only receiving only one customer complaint, but the AP found this: https://www.jacksonville.com/story/news/2016/06/08/pam-bondi-attempts-to-return-25000-to-trump-charity/112225846/

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chrishowell.com•135 days ago

True. Bondi covered for Trump.

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caroodles.bsky.social•135 days ago

So liar, of course.

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taniel.bsky.social•135 days ago

3—Trump also helped Bondi's campaign in other ways after she nixed suit, incl. opening Mar-a-Lago for a fundraiser. http://huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-pam-bondi-trump-university_us_57cf2c6ce4b0a48094a64854?l7v3rf6r

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melissjpeltier.bsky.social•135 days ago

I was trying to explain this to an anti-Trump normie who feels like Trump’s #Project2025 is mostly hot air.
Everything is transactional to these people. Trump OWES the theocrats, the Tech Broligarchs & Russia.
Hope for the best; but seriously PLAN for the very worst.

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shawnguerra.bsky.social•135 days ago

I can’t plan for the worst. All I have in this world is a husband with dementia whom I cannot leave and a son who I hope would. trump never pays his debts. But I don’t think these people will take that graciously.

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taniel.bsky.social•135 days ago

And I cannot believe I have to relive the memory of this, but here we go:

4—In 2013, Pam Bondi got an execution rescheduled because she had a fundraiser on the same night. http://tampabay.com/blogs/the-buzz-florida-politics/execution-rescheduled-to-accommodate-pam-bondi-political-event/2140576

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suzinott.bsky.social•135 days ago

jfc

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sgadde9.bsky.social•135 days ago

And she will be get almost all 53 republican senators votes for the confirmation. And even worse it will not be a surprise as well.

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fromthedeskof.bsky.social•135 days ago

Thanks as always for your excellent reporting. Great to have your expertise here.

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femstrong.bsky.social•135 days ago

Unbelievable. Cruelty is a prerequisite for achievement and upward mobility in the MAGA Party...but it comes naturally to this one.

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realtylermorgan.bsky.social•135 days ago

You mean, in the event that there was last minute legal wrangling that she had to take part in, as the AG, she wanted to be available? How dare she!

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tastewart.bsky.social•134 days ago

This. Is. Outrageous!!

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timmathews.bsky.social•135 days ago

Link gets a 404 error. This one works: https://www.tampabay.com/news/politics/national/execution-rescheduled-to-accommodate-pam-bondi-fundraiser/2140891/

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taniel.bsky.social•135 days ago

thanks

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politicalbeanpole.bsky.social•134 days ago

Oh man.

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christyo47.bsky.social•133 days ago

Bondi seems like the type that would enjoy watching someone executed.

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caroodles.bsky.social•135 days ago

Another sociopath

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skippyjones.bsky.social•135 days ago

Wow, such character. Strange days.

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read88.bsky.social•135 days ago

And illegal donation from Trump, and Scientology issues, and …..

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shademar.bsky.social•135 days ago

jfk human life has literally no value for these *expletives*

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steveisdamages.bsky.social•135 days ago

Look, I really absolutely mean no disrespect... but if you misspelled "JFC" (with or without an overly aggressive autocorrect) that makes my night. Not by making fun of you but by being delighted to find out I'm not alone on that island.

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taniel.bsky.social•135 days ago

5 — Flashback from the 2016 campaign: Trump charged $4955 for Bondi's fundraiser to be held at Mar-a-Lago. He charged his own pres campaign $140,000.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/donald-trump-pam-bondi-trump-university_n_57cf2c6ce4b0a48094a64854?l7v3rf6r=

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chrishowell.com•135 days ago

The corruption was off the hook.

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unhipcat.bsky.social•135 days ago

I guess $5000 was the limit for something.

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wh0sthatd0g.bsky.social•135 days ago

Boy, inflation, amirite?!??

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papakila.bsky.social•135 days ago

Lol both charges are forms of corruption just different types

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taniel.bsky.social•135 days ago

6— @ddayen.bsky.social writes in his book, "Chain of Title," that Pam Bondi's staff lobbied Michigan to scale back its investigations of foreclosure fraud by a friendly firm:

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briangoofingoff.bsky.social•134 days ago

Gitmo w/waterboarding for her. A monster.

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sannl04.bsky.social•135 days ago

I forgot that one. Nasty piece of work.

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bklynz.bsky.social•135 days ago

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jimsbrisket.bsky.social•135 days ago

Of course

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cathyfl7.bsky.social•135 days ago

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dianatellsthetruth.bsky.social•135 days ago

Anyone he nominates is going to be a criminal.

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katietertle.bsky.social•135 days ago

By legally, you mean with legal issues?

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shhowes.bsky.social•135 days ago

Well at least she hasn’t been accused of sexual assault (has she?).

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sportysue.bsky.social•135 days ago

Yet

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jeffmcnamee.bsky.social•132 days ago

Oh, she’s definitely Alberto Gonzalez, Part 2, if a bit more corrupt.

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knitchic73.bsky.social•135 days ago

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pinkpineapple.bsky.social•134 days ago

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marklloyd.bsky.social•135 days ago

Instead of shit, a fly that eats shit.

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torontojeff.bsky.social•135 days ago

And tried to kill ACA

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stupendousman.bsky.social•135 days ago

Ms. Bondi is at least as bad a choice as Gaetz, and possibly even worse.

Review her history during the foreclosure crisis in FL. She fired 2 of the most knowledgeable, aggressive, and effective Asst. AGs.

https://www.browardpalmbeach.com/news/june-clarkson-and-theresa-edwards-were-fired-after-revealing-widespread-foreclosure-fraud-6348374

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djjakej.bsky.social•133 days ago

She is a Foreign Agent For Qatar and UAE? Or?
Sure make her top law dog.

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robyn.bsky.social•135 days ago

Kamala Harris would’ve done the opposite of what Bondi did here. It was part of her stump speech so I don’t want to hear anyone saying they weren’t warned about crony capitalism and somehow thought it was trump “for the people” 🙄

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bgrrl.bsky.social•135 days ago

I agree. Gaetz was just a fake out, and now we are relieved that she isn't "just another sexual predator." Gaetz was penny candy and we/the media scurried after it and gobbled it up like we always do.

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