http://www.orlandosentinel.com/opinion/os-pam-bondi-donald-trump-scott-maxwell-20160402-column.html"Three years ago, Pam Bondi's office was looking into claims from Floridians who claimed the Trump Institute — a Florida affiliate of Donald Trump's now-infamous-and-shuttered "Trump University" — had scammed them out of thousands of dollars.
Similar complaints in New York prompted its attorney general, Eric Schneiderman, to file a lawsuit, calling Trump's get-rich seminars a "bait and switch scheme."
Yet in Florida, there was no action. So the Orlando Sentinel made an inquiry, and Bondi's office vowed to look into the matter in a story that ran on Sept. 14, 2013.
Three days later, Trump's charitable foundation cut a check to a committee supporting Bondi's re-election campaign — for $25,000.
Trump's campaign now says Bondi asked for the donation.
It all stinks worse than week-old fish guts.
There may be legitimate debate about whether Trump's program was a scam. (Trump says it's not — and that New York has "the dumbest attorney general in the United States" while Bondi is "a truly wonderful woman.")
But there is no debating that it's wildly inappropriate for a prosecutor to take money from someone her office is potentially investigating.
That's why an external investigation is needed — into whether the complainants got justice and whether Bondi acted appropriately."
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Pam Bondi already has the Trump taint.
