Pam Bondi
Florida Attorney General · 2011–2019
Pam Bondi was Florida's Attorney General from 2011 to 2019 — a law enforcement officer sworn to protect the public. In 2013, her office was actively reviewing whether to join a multistate lawsuit against Trump University, which defrauded thousands of students out of tens of thousands of dollars each.
Three days after Trump's charitable foundation illegally donated $25,000 to a Bondi political committee called "And Justice for All," Bondi's office declined to join the lawsuit. The IRS later fined the Trump Foundation $2,500 for the illegal donation — a nonprofit making political contributions. Bondi denied any connection. The timeline said otherwise.
She spent the next decade proving her loyalty: speaking at Trump rallies, defending him on television, serving as one of his impeachment defenders in 2020. In 2025, Trump nominated her to be Attorney General of the United States. The Senate confirmed her. She ran the DOJ — the same DOJ charged with enforcing the laws she spent a decade bending for him — until Trump fired her by Truth Social post in April 2026. Fourteen months. Couldn't produce the Epstein list. Couldn't prosecute enough enemies fast enough. Discarded like everyone before her.
Bondi's office is reviewing whether Florida will join a multistate investigation into Trump University — a for-profit scheme that charged students up to $35,000 for real estate "secrets" they never received.
Trump's charitable foundation — Donald J. Trump Foundation — donates $25,000 to "And Justice for All," a political committee supporting Bondi's re-election campaign. Charitable foundations are legally prohibited from making political donations. The check clears.
Three days after the donation clears, Bondi's office declines to join the multistate Trump University lawsuit. A spokesperson says the office found "insufficient grounds" to proceed. No public explanation of what changed between the review and the decision.
The IRS fines the Trump Foundation $2,500 for the illegal political donation to Bondi's committee. The foundation repays the $25,000 and lists the payment in its tax filings as a grant to a Kansas nonprofit called "Justice for All" — which does not exist. The actual recipient was Bondi's political committee.
Bondi serves as one of Trump's defense attorneys during his first Senate impeachment trial. She is not a sitting official. She is a private citizen defending him by choice — and appearing daily on cable news to do it.
Trump nominates Bondi to be the 87th Attorney General of the United States after Matt Gaetz implodes. The Senate confirmed her. She ran the Department of Justice — the same institution she helped a client subvert for $25,000 in 2013. She was the nation's top law enforcement officer.
As AG, Bondi moves to drop cases against Trump allies, reverses DOJ positions on voting rights enforcement, and oversees the department's shift toward targeting Trump's political opponents. The law is no longer a constraint. It is a tool.
Trump fires Bondi via Truth Social post, calling her a "Great American Patriot" who had done a "tremendous job" — standard Trump language for people he is discarding. He announces she will move to an unspecified "important new job in the private sector." Sources say he was frustrated by her failure to prosecute enough of his political enemies and by the Epstein file debacle. She served 14 months. Deputy AG Todd Blanche steps in as acting AG. She is the second cabinet secretary fired in a month.