Presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump has some explaining to do after Florida’s Attorney General personally solicited a political contribution from the hotel magnate around the same time her office deliberated joining an investigation of alleged fraud at Trump University and its affiliates. Pam Bondi’s name keeps popping up in the media.

 Bondi decided not to act on complaints filed by Floridians, but she did take money from Trump while her office said it was  “reviewing” the complaints against him. Trump’s charitable organization gave  $25,000 to one of Bondi’s campaign committees just three days after the Orlando Sentinel wrote a story in 2013 about Floridians who felt scammed by a Trump affiliate.
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. After the money came in, Bondi’s office nixed suing Trump.
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 publicly announced she was considering joining a New York state probe of Trump University’s activities.
According to Marc Reichelderfer, a political consultant who worked for Bondi’s re-election effort, Bondi spoke with Trump “several weeks” before her office publicly announced it was deliberating whether to join a multi-state lawsuit proposed by New York’s attorney general.

Reichelfelder denied that Bondi was aware of the dozens of consumer complaints received by her office about Trump University, which he said were filed before she requested the donation.
“The process took at least several weeks, from the time they spoke to the time they received the contribution,” Reichelderfer told the Associated Press.
Why is this important? Well, Trump has said he expected and received favors from politicians to whom he gave money.
“When I want something I get it,” the billionaire candidate said at an Iowa rally in January. “When I call, they kiss my ass. It’s true.”
Since 2002, Trump has also donated $253,500 in Florida, with the majority of that money going to Republican candidates, the state party or political committees affiliated with GOP officials.
It’s a family affair. Ivanka, Trump’s daughter, also gave a $500 check to Pam Bondi just one week before her father donated money, as well as another $25,000 to the Republican Party of Florida the following year.
If any of this sounds familiar, there’s a good reason for that. Trump gifted Greg Abbott $35,000 towards his gubernatorial campaign in Texas. Following that hefty donation, the probe into Trump University was dropped by Abbott.

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