how donald trump made it look like he was bribing the attorney general of florida

by Flavie Spencer I 5 min read

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Did Trump donate to a political group?

Over the Labor Day weekend, Trump faced renewed questioning about why his family foundation had donated $25,000 to a political group supporting Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi in 2013—in violation of federal rules preventing foundations from donating to political candidates —at the same time that her office was considering whether to investigate Trump University for alleged fraud. Bondi, according to reporting by the Associated Press in July, “personally solicited” the political contribution, just before she declined to move forward with the Trump University case.

Did Trump speak to Bondi?

Speaking to reporters in Ohio on Monday, Trump fervently de nied ever having spoken to Bondi directly. “I never spoke to her, first of all. She’s a fine person, beyond reproach. I never even spoke to her about it at all. She’s a fine person. Never spoken to her about it, never,” Trump said, according to the Washington Post. “Many of the attorney generals turned that case down because I’ll win that case in court,” Trump added, referring to the two federal class-action lawsuits that have been brought against his now defunct for-profit education company. Former students of the company’s real-estate training course have claimed that they were aggressively coerced into paying for classes and that the school “preyed” on vulnerable students.

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