1. Pamela Jo Bondi was born on November 17,1965 and is an American attorney, lobbyist, and politician who has served as the 87th United States attorney general since 2025.
42 Facts About Pam Bondi
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In 2020, Bondi was one of President Donald Trump's defense lawyers during his first impeachment trial.
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Pam Bondi is a graduate of C Leon King High School in Tampa.
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Pam Bondi received a Bachelor of Arts with a major in criminal justice from the University of Florida in 1987 and a Juris Doctor from the Stetson University College of Law in 1990.
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Pam Bondi was a member of the Delta Delta Delta sorority as an undergraduate student.
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Pam Bondi was admitted to the Florida Bar on June 24,1991.
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Pam Bondi was a prosecutor and spokeswoman in Hillsborough County, Florida, where she was an assistant state attorney.
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Pam Bondi prosecuted former Major League Baseball player Dwight Gooden in 2006 for violating the terms of his probation and for substance abuse.
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In 2007, Pam Bondi prosecuted the defendants in Martin Anderson's death.
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Pam Bondi ran for Florida attorney general in the 2010 election, facing off against former state representative Holly Benson and lieutenant governor Jeff Kottkamp in the Republican primary.
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In 2016, Pam Bondi gave a speech at the Republican National Convention, during which she led "lock her up" chants directed at the Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton.
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In 2018, Pam Bondi joined with 19 other Republican-led states in a lawsuit to overturn the ACA's bans on health insurance companies charging people with pre-existing conditions higher premiums or denying them coverage outright.
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Pam Bondi defended Amendment 2, a 2008 amendment to the Florida Constitution banning same-sex marriage, against legal challenges on behalf of the state.
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Pam Bondi said that these actions did not reflect her opinions on same-sex marriage, but were out of respect for the constitution.
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Cooper said that Pam Bondi was "either mistaken or not telling the truth", while Pam Bondi accused Cooper of fomenting "anger and hate".
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Pam Bondi has justified those contacts and her speeches before leading Scientologists by arguing that the group wishes to help her crack down on human trafficking.
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In 2011, Pam Bondi pressured two attorneys to resign who were investigating Lender Processing Services, a financial services company now known as Black Knight, following the robosigning scandal, as part of their work for Florida's Economic Crime Division.
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In 2013, Pam Bondi persuaded Governor Rick Scott to postpone a scheduled execution because it conflicted with a fundraising event.
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In 2013, Pam Bondi received criticism following a campaign donation from Donald Trump.
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Pam Bondi subsequently declined to join the lawsuit against Trump University.
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In June 2016, as Pam Bondi was facing renewed criticism over the issue, her spokesman said that Pam Bondi had solicited the donation directly from Trump several weeks before her office announced it was considering joining the lawsuit.
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On March 14,2016, Pam Bondi endorsed Trump in the 2016 Florida Republican presidential primary, saying she had been friends with him for many years.
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In September 2016, the IRS determined that the donation to Pam Bondi's PAC violated laws against political contributions from nonprofit organizations, and ordered Trump to pay a fine for the contribution.
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In 2021, The Daily Beast reported that it had obtained records relating to Trump's illegal donation to Pam Bondi that show that Trump's organization knew that the money was being given to a PAC in Florida rather than to a Kansas non-profit.
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In 2019, after her final term as Florida attorney general, Pam Bondi was hired by Ballard Partners, a firm with close ties to Trump, and she began working as a registered foreign agent as a lobbyist for the Embassy of the State of Qatar.
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Pam Bondi registered as a foreign agent for the Embassy of the State of Qatar and as a partner in the lobbyist firm of Ballard Partners under the Foreign Agents Registration Act.
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Pam Bondi left the Qatari project in 2019 to work in a temporary position for the White House Counsel for President Trump's first impeachment proceedings.
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Pam Bondi was lobbying for the Kuwait company to help with a case of claimed extortion.
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Pam Bondi had reported on her federal lobbying forms that she had a member of the 2017 Presidential Transition Team of the first Trump administration.
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Pam Bondi worked as a lobbyist at Ballard Partners until her confirmation as US Attorney General.
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Pam Bondi's position was described the following month as being to "attack the process" of the impeachment inquiry.
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On January 17,2020, Pam Bondi was named as part of Trump's defense team for the Senate impeachment trial.
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Pam Bondi spoke in support of Trump at the 2020 Republican National Convention.
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Pam Bondi became a vocal supporter of Trump's efforts to overturn his 2020 defeat.
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Pam Bondi later claimed that Trump had won Pennsylvania, despite votes there still being counted, with his opponent Joe Biden ultimately winning the state.
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Pam Bondi worked to file voting lawsuits in battleground states relating to the 2024 presidential election.
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Pam Bondi was lobbying for the Kuwaiti company to help with a case of claimed extreme extortion by the investment company as termed a cause for international sanctions by the Global Magnitsky Act.
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Pam Bondi disclosed to the Senate Judiciary committee and the designated ethics official at the US Department of Justice the compensation for her consulting services to Renatus Advisors LLC of Puerto Rico in shares and stock warrants for the merger of Digital World Acquisition Corp.
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Pam Bondi stated that upon confirmation, she will resign from the lobbyist firm Ballard Partners.
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Pam Bondi is of Italian Mezzogiorno descent, with roots in Campania.
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Pam Bondi married Garret Barnes in 1990; the couple divorced after 22 months of marriage.
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In 1996, Pam Bondi married Scott Fitzgerald; they divorced in 2002.