US President-elect Donald Trump swiftly brushed off the negative press surrounding Matt Gaetz on Thursday by appointing Pam Bondi, a fellow Republican from Florida with a very different profile but a similar reputation for loyalty, as his attorney.
Ondi, a 59-year-old Trump supporter and lobbyist, was Florida’s attorney general from 2011 to 2019. Compared to Gaetz, she has followed a more traditional and quiet path, carrying less of the negative political or personal baggage that caused some Republicans to reject Gaetz’s nomination.
Washington: Donald Trump has nominated Pam Bondi as Attorney General, continuing his practice of selecting loyalists. This followed Matt Gaetz’s withdrawal from the race due to a barrage of accusations involving drug usage and sex trafficking.
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When Pam Bondi was elected as Florida’s first female attorney general in 2010, she made history. Only after serving as the state’s senior legal officer did she become well-known, having already served for more than 18 years as a prosecutor in the Hillsborough County State Attorney’s Office. While in office, Bondi brought attention to the problem of human trafficking and pushed for stronger legislation. She also filed a lawsuit against opioid makers in Florida. She served in that capacity from 2011 to 2019 for a total of 8 years.
Bondi, a longtime Trump ally, was among Trump’s attorneys at his first impeachment trial, where Trump was charged with abusing his position of authority by allegedly pressuring the president of Ukraine to look into his Democratic rivals while refusing to provide $400 million in military aid to the nation. Bondi defended Trump’s allegations that Joe Biden and his son Hunter were involved in corruption. She was given a prominent position at the Republican National Convention that same year because of her enthusiasm to back Trump, even though the charges have never been proven.
A dog named Master Tank was rescued in Florida following Hurricane Katrina, and Bondi became embroiled in a 16-month custody dispute over it. After that, she nicknamed him Noah and adopted him. In 2006, the Louisiana family that had previously cared for him found out where he was. Bondi, however, refused to return him, claiming the previous owners had been careless. “I took a dog who was a walking skeleton,” she said to the Chronicles of St. Petersburg. “That’s what was wrong with him before the hurricane.” She went on to say that she would have returned the dog herself if the situation had been stable. Bondi later returned the dog as part of a settlement reached between the parties prior to the trial.
When Joe Biden won the 2020 presidential election, Pam Bondi reaffirmed Trump’s allegations of electoral fraud. She was asked, “Pam, did you just say fake ballots?” by a Fox News host. In response, she said, “There might be. That is the issue. Despite this, she offered no proof.
Bondi and Trump have been together for a long time. He wrote on Truth Social: “I have known Pam for many years — She is smart and tough, and is an AMERICA FIRST Fighter, who will do a terrific job as Attorney General!” Bondi’s attorney general reelection campaign fundraising committee got a $25,000 gift in 2013. Her office had a case at the time that looked into Trump and Trump University. Both of them denied that the donation was the reason she was not involved in the lawsuit, and she ultimately chose not to join it.
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