Pamela Jo Bondi (born November 17, 1965) is a Florida attorney and politician who served as Florida Attorney General 37 and is currently in 2011.
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Early life and education
Kampung Bondi is Temple Terrace, Florida. His father, Joseph Bondi, was a member of the city council and then Mayor Temple Terrace. She is a graduate of C. Leon King High School in Tampa, Florida. Bondi graduated from the University of Florida in 1987 with a degree in Criminal Justice and was a member of the Delta Delta Delta sorority in Florida. He then graduated from Stetson Law School with JD in 1990 and was admitted to the Florida Bar on 24 June 1991.
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Careers
He is a former prosecutor and spokesperson in Hillsborough County, Florida where he works as an Assistant State Attorney. Bondi resigned this position to find the Florida Attorney General's office. He has made guest appearances in Scarborough Country with Joe Scarborough and other cable news programs on MSNBC and works for Fox News as a legal analyst.
Bondi adjudged former Major League Baseball player Dwight Gooden in 2006 for violating terms of his probation and for substance abuse. In 2007, Bondi also sued the defendants in the death of Martin Anderson.
Attorney General
In 2010, Bondi defeated Democratic State Senator Dan Gelber with 55% to 41% margin to become the first woman Attorney General of the State of Florida.
Bondi is the attorney general in a lawsuit that failed to attempt to cancel the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) at Florida et al v. Department of Health and Human Services United States. In Florida lawsuits and 26 other countries argue that the terms of the individual mandate of PPACA violate the US Constitution.
Bondi was re-elected in November 2014, receiving 55% of the vote. His challenger, George Sheldon, received 42%.
Controversy
Bondi has been criticized for election fundraising activities, including questions raised about contributions from Donald Trump and his colleagues. The Florida Attorney General's Office received at least 22 fraud scams about Trump University. In 2013 a spokesman for Bondi announced his office was considering joining a lawsuit initiated by New York Attorney General against Trump about tax fraud. Four days later 'And Justice for All', PAC in favor of Bondi's re-election campaign received a $ 25,000 donation from Donald J. Trump Foundation, after which Bondi refused to join the lawsuit against Trump University. According to a Bondi spokesman, Bondi personally requested a donation from Trump a few weeks before his office announced it would consider joining a lawsuit against him. In March 2016 after the Resident for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) filed a complaint to the IRS about a potentially illegal donation, the Trump Foundation stated that the donation was made wrong and that they intend to go to an unrelated Kansas. nonprofit named Justice for All. When the first controversy arose in 2013, both PAC and Donald Trump defended the merits of the donations. On March 14, 2016, Bondi endorsed Trump in Florida's premier president, saying he has been friends with Trump "for years". In June 2016, a spokesman for Governor Rick Scott stated that the state ethics commission is investigating the matter. In September 2016 it was reported that donations violated the law against the political contributions of nonprofit organizations, and that Donald Trump had replaced the foundation from his own money and paid the IRS excise tax as a penalty.
Bondi has opposed same-sex marriage and other LGBT issues on behalf of the state. After the Orlando nightclub shootings in June 2016, Bondi was interviewed by CNN reporter Anderson Cooper, who questioned him about his sudden change of attitude to the LGBT community in Florida. Bondi claims to not only support the gay community, but has posted it like that on his website. This statement then proved wrong. Bondi in a radio interview declared that CNN's interview had not been aired in its entirety and most of it was left on the cutting room floor, ignoring a section on potential family fraud survivors. While all the interviews have been broadcast live, only parts involving Bondi's position on LGBT issues were originally uploaded to the CNN website. The website displays the overall interview following this comment.
In 2013, Bondi persuaded Governor Rick Scott to postpone his scheduled execution as opposed to his election re-election. After the question was asked in the media, Bondi apologized for moving the execution date.
Personal life
Bondi married Garret Barnes in 1990, and they divorced after 22 months. In 1996, Bondi married Scott Fitzgerald. Their marriage ended in a divorce after 6 years.
Electoral history
See also
- List of women general prosecutors in the United States
References
External links
- Media related to Pam Bondi on Wikimedia Commons
- Official website
- Pam Bondi for the Attorney General (campaign website)
- Appearance in C-SPAN
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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