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Donald Trump's $25,000 Pam Bondi problem

This hasn't ever made sense to me. The "bribe" in this case was to help her get reelected by donating money to her campaign in return for dropping an investigation into Trump U. ripping off their clients. Unless you conclude the investigation would have been baseless and an attempt to harass an ethical business that in fact did nothing wrong, it's impossible to look at the transaction and conclude only Bondi engaged in unethical or illegal acts. They are both party to both acts - the bribe and stopping the investigation.

The fact that there are people willing to bribe politicians to get them elected obviously means that people willing to be bribed...... get elected. The system awash in money directed at corruptible politicians means those running who are not willing to be corrupted face giant obstacles to getting and staying in office. And if a businessman is expected to look out for his own selfish interest by making bribes to politicians to get results, then why do we expect anything differently from those accepting the bribes, who are also looking out for their own selfish interests and the interests of their family?

My possible explanation is that you see government as the good guys and I see business as the good guys.
 
You claim I don't know what I'm talking about. But of course you do.

BS.

I've countered the out of context lies being posted by the obsessed dark side for weeks. I've posted transcripts that blow these efforts out of the water and proved people are lying.

There are a number of things that could be debated about Trump, but that is not what the anti-Trump forces have been doing. They have been lying, deceitful frauds pretending to be conservative mouthpieces.

Hyperbole like "wouldn't even disavow him if he shot someone in broad daylight" is the claim of a desperate defeated fringe who in their obsession, have revealed themselves to be nothing of what they pretended to be before Trump was selected by voters. What they are, are fraud, liars, and propagandists.

Unless you're Donald Trump or Pam Bondi, you actually have no idea what happened.

Of course I do...what? Know that nobody knows the true story except the 2 people at the epicenter of it? Yes. But everyone knows that's how things work. In the world of the people with working brains, anyway.
 
Clearly nothing with Hillary?

Let's get honest and admit your bias disqualifies you from providing an objective conclusion.

Have you seen any emails sent from Hillary to her donors saying "Give me money and I'll approve a uranium deal" ...?

That's called explicit quid pro quo. I have seen no such thing, therefore there's nothing explicit.
 
My possible explanation is that you see government as the good guys and I see business as the good guys.

I think the obvious observation is sometimes government are the good guys, such as when they prosecute criminals and uphold the law (Bondi's job), and sometimes businesses are corrupt, and vice versa.
 
All that's missing is a shred of evidence for that claim! What did Bill Clinton offer? What was the quid for the quo?

Judgeships for one.

Can you honestly deny that favors or threats weren't used to keep Hillary's neck from the noose?
 
Look at you justifying Trump the Moron's lies and atrocities.

I didn't justify squat. Just wondering if the moronic Left can dig up some inconsequential crappola this week.

"TRUMP CAUGHT NOT TIPPING LOUSY WAITRESS!"
 
I believe the majority of people in this country agree with me.

Of course they do - you keep believing that.
 
I didn't justify squat. Just wondering if the moronic Left can dig up some inconsequential crappola this week.

"TRUMP CAUGHT NOT TIPPING LOUSY WAITRESS!"

Moronic Trump supporters guzzling Kool Aid - news at 11.
 
Judgeships for one.

Can you honestly deny that favors or threats weren't used to keep Hillary's neck from the noose?

LOL, if you have any evidence he offered a judgeship, that would be breaking news, so I suggest you call Fox News so they can have the exclusive!

And I don't know whether favors or threats were used - obviously anything is possible, she might have threatened to have someone killed!!!@!!!for all I know. What I do know is you can't offer a shred of evidence of what those favors or threats were or to whom they were offered/made.
 
LOL, if you have any evidence he offered a judgeship, that would be breaking news, so I suggest you call Fox News so they can have the exclusive!

And I don't know whether favors or threats were used - obviously anything is possible, she might have threatened to have someone killed!!!@!!!for all I know. What I do know is you can't offer a shred of evidence of what those favors or threats were or to whom they were offered/made.

Appearance provides plenty of shreds. Not buying the "Grandkid discussion"
 
Appearance provides plenty of shreds. Not buying the "Grandkid discussion"

Right, talking with someone is evidence she threatened to have someone killed, or whatever threat or favor you've invented in your own mind ..... :roll:

Besides, this might come as a shock to you, but it's possible for people to communicate with others by means other than a direct face to face meeting - land phone, mobile phone, text, letter, email, fax, through intermediaries, to name a few. Point is them meeting provides as much evidence for your claims as them NOT meeting would - none, in other words.
 
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Right, talking with someone is evidence she threatened to have someone killed, or whatever threat or favor you've invented in your own mind ..... :roll:

Besides, this might come as a shock to you, but it's possible for people to communicate with others by means other than a direct face to face meeting - land phone, mobile phone, text, letter, email, fax, through intermediaries, to name a few. Point is them meeting provides as much evidence for your claims as them NOT meeting would - none, in other words.

Those other forms of communications have only served to get them in trouble. Meeting on a tarmac was one they thought might be secure...it wasn't.

It looked really bad coming a day before the FBI report.
 
I'd accuse you of siding with that bitch but, I'll give you more credit than that.

If I was only limited to Clinton and Trump, I hate Clinton a little less.

I would never vote for Trump for any reason.

He is a childish and self centered little emotional bitch.
 
Those other forms of communications have only served to get them in trouble. Meeting on a tarmac was one they thought might be secure...it wasn't.

It looked really bad coming a day before the FBI report.

But "looked really bad" to you, who are admittedly a partisan ("that bitch..."), isn't actually evidence of anything, except of course that it looked really bad to you.
 
If not a bribe it was play for pay.

Very troubling. We need a congressional hearing to get to the bottom of this scandal.

No, we in Florida need to investigate our govt. This has nothing to do with the federal govt.
 
UPDATE


Pam Bondi: Returning Trump’s money would have looked like I got caught taking a bribe


“Florida’s attorney general finally broke her silence on accepting a campaign contribution from Donald Trump and then promptly dropping her investigation of his phony university. Pam Bondi addressed the ongoing scandal……….l where she blamed the media for placing her in a “damned if she does, damned if she doesn’t” bind after Trump gave her $25,000, reported the Tampa Bay Times…….

The attorney general said she had no regrets about taking the campaign donation she solicited…… star in August 2013, because she said she was certain she’d done nothing wrong. “I just knew there was nothing improper,” Bondi said. “I will never let money from anyone affect what I do. I’m proud of my office. I’m proud of the work that we do.”

The Republican attorney general and Trump supporter has ignored requests for months to explain how her office handled the investigation into fraud claims against Trump University, which is being sued by former students who say they were duped. Bondi insisted she would never trade campaign donations for special favors, and she accused the media of making it impossible for her to return Trump’s money……..

“If I had returned it, you would have reported, ‘Bondi accepted bribe, got caught, and returned it,'” Bondi said. “There was nothing improper about it, so there was no reason to return it.”
………………Complaints against Trump University were filed with the attorney general office’s dating back to 2008, three years before Bondi took office, but she insists she knew nothing about them until the scandal consumed her second term.”

Pam Bondi: Returning Trump’s money would have looked like I got caught taking a bribe
Pam Bondi breaks silence, defends handling of Trump University issue | Tampa Bay Times

Way to go Pam…….. make your “problem” worst…….. and once again proving being your own lawyer means you are being represented by a fool

…As an attorney you should know you should tell yourself and should know to follow your Attnys advice............

Don’t open your mouth…..

Don’t ask questions……

Don’t answer questions......

And by all means……….
… don’t try to make up excuses for breaking the law……….
 
UPDATE


Pam Bondi: Returning Trump’s money would have looked like I got caught taking a bribe


“Florida’s attorney general finally broke her silence on accepting a campaign contribution from Donald Trump and then promptly dropping her investigation of his phony university. Pam Bondi addressed the ongoing scandal……….l where she blamed the media for placing her in a “damned if she does, damned if she doesn’t” bind after Trump gave her $25,000, reported the Tampa Bay Times…….

The attorney general said she had no regrets about taking the campaign donation she solicited…… star in August 2013, because she said she was certain she’d done nothing wrong. “I just knew there was nothing improper,” Bondi said. “I will never let money from anyone affect what I do. I’m proud of my office. I’m proud of the work that we do.”

The Republican attorney general and Trump supporter has ignored requests for months to explain how her office handled the investigation into fraud claims against Trump University, which is being sued by former students who say they were duped. Bondi insisted she would never trade campaign donations for special favors, and she accused the media of making it impossible for her to return Trump’s money……..

“If I had returned it, you would have reported, ‘Bondi accepted bribe, got caught, and returned it,'” Bondi said. “There was nothing improper about it, so there was no reason to return it.”
………………Complaints against Trump University were filed with the attorney general office’s dating back to 2008, three years before Bondi took office, but she insists she knew nothing about them until the scandal consumed her second term.”

Pam Bondi: Returning Trump’s money would have looked like I got caught taking a bribe
Pam Bondi breaks silence, defends handling of Trump University issue | Tampa Bay Times

Way to go Pam…….. make your “problem” worst…….. and once again proving being your own lawyer means you are being represented by a fool

…As an attorney you should know you should tell yourself and should know to follow your Attnys advice............

Don’t open your mouth…..

Don’t ask questions……

Don’t answer questions......

And by all means……….
… don’t try to make up excuses for breaking the law……….

That's right, Hillary has no lawyers.
 
UPDATE


Pam Bondi: Returning Trump’s money would have looked like I got caught taking a bribe


“Florida’s attorney general finally broke her silence on accepting a campaign contribution from Donald Trump and then promptly dropping her investigation of his phony university. Pam Bondi addressed the ongoing scandal……….l where she blamed the media for placing her in a “damned if she does, damned if she doesn’t” bind after Trump gave her $25,000, reported the Tampa Bay Times…….

The attorney general said she had no regrets about taking the campaign donation she solicited…… star in August 2013, because she said she was certain she’d done nothing wrong. “I just knew there was nothing improper,” Bondi said. “I will never let money from anyone affect what I do. I’m proud of my office. I’m proud of the work that we do.”

The Republican attorney general and Trump supporter has ignored requests for months to explain how her office handled the investigation into fraud claims against Trump University, which is being sued by former students who say they were duped. Bondi insisted she would never trade campaign donations for special favors, and she accused the media of making it impossible for her to return Trump’s money……..

“If I had returned it, you would have reported, ‘Bondi accepted bribe, got caught, and returned it,'” Bondi said. “There was nothing improper about it, so there was no reason to return it.”
………………Complaints against Trump University were filed with the attorney general office’s dating back to 2008, three years before Bondi took office, but she insists she knew nothing about them until the scandal consumed her second term.”

Pam Bondi: Returning Trump’s money would have looked like I got caught taking a bribe
Pam Bondi breaks silence, defends handling of Trump University issue | Tampa Bay Times

Way to go Pam…….. make your “problem” worst…….. and once again proving being your own lawyer means you are being represented by a fool

…As an attorney you should know you should tell yourself and should know to follow your Attnys advice............

Don’t open your mouth…..

Don’t ask questions……

Don’t answer questions......

And by all means……….
… don’t try to make up excuses for breaking the law……….

Return the money, don't return the money, what a conundrum.

How about re open the investigation... no, then everyone would know that the investigation was dropped because of the "donation."

But, most people understand that now.

So, what do do, what to do???

I know! New facts have come to light! We're re opening the investigation because new facts have come to light!!

Whew! Fixed that one.
 
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