{"id":130740,"date":"2024-11-27T18:08:08","date_gmt":"2024-11-27T11:08:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=130740"},"modified":"2024-11-27T18:08:08","modified_gmt":"2024-11-27T11:08:08","slug":"pam-bondi-charmed-her-way-from-tampas-courthouse-to-the-white-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=130740","title":{"rendered":"Pam Bondi charmed her way from Tampa\u2019s courthouse to the White House"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p class=\"\">TAMPA \u2014 Not all that long ago, Pam Bondi still walked the dour hallways of Hillsborough County\u2019s Courthouse Annex and stood before Tampa judges and juries. Now, the hometown Tampa lawyer is poised to become the nation\u2019s top law enforcement official.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">President-elect Donald Trump last week named Bondi as his second choice to be America\u2019s attorney general, after his first pick, Republican U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz, withdrew from consideration.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Bondi\u2019s ascent into the political stratosphere has many in Tampa\u2019s legal community reminiscing about the young lawyer they knew.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Before she was a MAGA star, before she became a Fox News commentator, before the fight against pill mills and human trafficking and the political controversies that dogged her eight years as Florida\u2019s attorney general, Bondi was a telegenic homicide prosecutor known for her charm, intelligence and empathy.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"h1\">Bondi\u2019s Tampa roots<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"article__body-float article__body-float-left article__body-image\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><input type=\"hidden\" value=\"IRv2\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"lazy-container\" style=\"background-color:#f7f7f7\"><picture><source type=\"image\/jpg\" media=\"(max-width: 480px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tampabay.com\/resizer\/v2\/pam-bondi-is-pictured-here-as-a-senior-at-72TUMKLXCRFTHBHY576VJMPORU.JPG?auth=9bae762962960f2b37a862d570707731d29853cc9f836dd85a54e6bbf8db9cfb&amp;width=480\"\/><source type=\"image\/jpg\" media=\"(max-width: 481px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tampabay.com\/resizer\/v2\/pam-bondi-is-pictured-here-as-a-senior-at-72TUMKLXCRFTHBHY576VJMPORU.JPG?auth=9bae762962960f2b37a862d570707731d29853cc9f836dd85a54e6bbf8db9cfb&amp;width=620\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Pam Bondi is pictured here as a senior at King High School in 1983.\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns=&quot;http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg&quot; viewBox=&quot;0 0 620 733&quot;\/%3E\" style=\"transition:opacity 0.5s ease 0.5s;opacity:0\" title=\"Pam Bondi is pictured here as a senior at King High School in 1983.\" itemprop=\"image\" width=\"620\" height=\"auto\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.tampabay.com\/resizer\/v2\/pam-bondi-is-pictured-here-as-a-senior-at-72TUMKLXCRFTHBHY576VJMPORU.JPG?auth=9bae762962960f2b37a862d570707731d29853cc9f836dd85a54e6bbf8db9cfb&amp;width=620\"\/><meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"620\"\/><meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"733\"\/><\/picture><\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"description\" class=\"caption\">Pam Bondi is pictured here as a senior at King High School in 1983.<!-- --> <span class=\"caption__credit\">[\u00a0King High School Clarion\u00a0]<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"\">Pamela Jo Bondi was born in 1965 to an old Tampa family that dabbled in local politics. Her father, Joseph Bondi, was a college professor and school administrator who in the 1970s served as a city council member and mayor of Temple Terrace.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">She earned A\u2019s and worked the student council at C. Leon King High School. She graduated in 1983 and studied criminal justice at the University of Florida before earning a law degree from the Stetson University College of Law.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Bondi met the late Hillsborough State Attorney Bill James through her church. He recruited her for an internship in his office while she was still in law school. She did four jury trials as an intern.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cI never wanted to do anything else,\u201d she told the St. Petersburg Times years later.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">She passed the Florida Bar in 1991 and was hired as a full-time prosecutor in James\u2019 office shortly thereafter.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cWhat an ingenue!\u201d someone wrote in notes from her job interview.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cShe\u2019s got an engaging personality,\u201d said Paul Sisco, a defense attorney who worked alongside Bondi as a prosecutor. \u201cThe likability factor is very high with her. &#8230; In the early days, I can\u2019t say I envisioned her as a politician or someone in national public office. But we were all in our 20s, so nobody did.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"article__body-image\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><input type=\"hidden\" value=\"IRv2\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"lazy-container\" style=\"background-color:#f7f7f7\"><picture><source type=\"image\/jpg\" media=\"(max-width: 480px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tampabay.com\/resizer\/v2\/then-assistant-state-attorney-pam-bondi-YPMNUUQ6GZFAPDEOTF3ZSDMC2E.JPG?auth=edf8ce4212a349cf4bd4e08b56c020c8d5d87d4f6750effd496fae3ef08ea2bd&amp;width=480\"\/><source type=\"image\/jpg\" media=\"(max-width: 481px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tampabay.com\/resizer\/v2\/then-assistant-state-attorney-pam-bondi-YPMNUUQ6GZFAPDEOTF3ZSDMC2E.JPG?auth=edf8ce4212a349cf4bd4e08b56c020c8d5d87d4f6750effd496fae3ef08ea2bd&amp;width=620\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Then-Assistant State Attorney Pam Bondi, left, speaks to a group of attorneys from around the world in 1991 during a tour of Tampa's courthouse.\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns=&quot;http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg&quot; viewBox=&quot;0 0 620 466&quot;\/%3E\" style=\"transition:opacity 0.5s ease 0.5s;opacity:0\" title=\"Then-Assistant State Attorney Pam Bondi, left, speaks to a group of attorneys from around the world in 1991 during a tour of Tampa's courthouse.\" itemprop=\"image\" width=\"620\" height=\"auto\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.tampabay.com\/resizer\/v2\/then-assistant-state-attorney-pam-bondi-YPMNUUQ6GZFAPDEOTF3ZSDMC2E.JPG?auth=edf8ce4212a349cf4bd4e08b56c020c8d5d87d4f6750effd496fae3ef08ea2bd&amp;width=620\"\/><meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"620\"\/><meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"466\"\/><\/picture><\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"description\" class=\"caption\">Then-Assistant State Attorney Pam Bondi, left, speaks to a group of attorneys from around the world in 1991 during a tour of Tampa&#8217;s courthouse.<!-- --> <span class=\"caption__credit\">[\u00a0Times (1991)\u00a0]<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"\">Bondi started in the office\u2019s county court divisions, working drunken driving cases, domestic violence and misdemeanor drug crimes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cPam, in my experience, was just always relentless, smart, thoughtful, empathetic with victims,\u201d said Tampa attorney Ron Hanes, who was the chief in her division at the time. \u201cShe truly embraced the law and order in the role of a prosecutor and, in my opinion, still does.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">It wasn\u2019t long before Bondi worked her way into the office\u2019s felony divisions. In the mid-1990s, she routinely asked juries to convict robbers and murderers. In some cases, she worked to help send defendants to the electric chair.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cJuries absolutely loved Pam,\u201d said Nick Cox, the statewide prosecutor. He was Bondi\u2019s boss in the 1990s and later worked for her when she became Florida\u2019s attorney general.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">During one trial the pair handled together, Cox recalled bickering with Bondi over a question she asked a witness. As Cox scolded her, Bondi whispered that their muted argument was making the jurors mad.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cNo. 2 is glaring at you,\u201d he recalled her saying. \u201cPut your hand on my shoulder. We\u2019ll both laugh, it will be fine and you can yell at me later.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"h1\">Building a name<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"article__body-float article__body-float-left article__body-image\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><input type=\"hidden\" value=\"IRv2\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"lazy-container\" style=\"background-color:#f7f7f7\"><picture><source type=\"image\/jpg\" media=\"(max-width: 480px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tampabay.com\/resizer\/v2\/pam-bondi-speaks-during-the-opening-3DUOGTANVZGUJH3DQYINQLUJ6U.JPG?auth=8b4f340d095ef93ec1016242a80d1b9bd2b6e93e8d54970949dddeaaaa8871fd&amp;width=480\"\/><source type=\"image\/jpg\" media=\"(max-width: 481px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tampabay.com\/resizer\/v2\/pam-bondi-speaks-during-the-opening-3DUOGTANVZGUJH3DQYINQLUJ6U.JPG?auth=8b4f340d095ef93ec1016242a80d1b9bd2b6e93e8d54970949dddeaaaa8871fd&amp;width=620\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Pam Bondi speaks during the opening statements in the 2000 murder trial of Valessa Robinson.\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns=&quot;http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg&quot; viewBox=&quot;0 0 620 894&quot;\/%3E\" style=\"transition:opacity 0.5s ease 0.5s;opacity:0\" title=\"Pam Bondi speaks during the opening statements in the 2000 murder trial of Valessa Robinson.\" itemprop=\"image\" width=\"620\" height=\"auto\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.tampabay.com\/resizer\/v2\/pam-bondi-speaks-during-the-opening-3DUOGTANVZGUJH3DQYINQLUJ6U.JPG?auth=8b4f340d095ef93ec1016242a80d1b9bd2b6e93e8d54970949dddeaaaa8871fd&amp;width=620\"\/><meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"620\"\/><meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"894\"\/><\/picture><\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"description\" class=\"caption\">Pam Bondi speaks during the opening statements in the 2000 murder trial of Valessa Robinson.<!-- --> <span class=\"caption__credit\">[\u00a0Times (2000)\u00a0]<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"\">In the late 1990s and early 2000s, Bondi was at the center of some of the office\u2019s high-profile cases. She prosecuted Valessa Robinson and Adam Davis, two teens convicted in the vicious murder of Robinson\u2019s mother.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">She prosecuted former Major League Baseball pitcher Dwight Gooden, a fellow Tampa native, on drug and probation violation charges.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">By the time Mark Ober became state attorney in 2001, Bondi had established herself as a leader capable of interfacing with the public. She gained attention as Ober\u2019s designated media spokesperson.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cOnce they see how articulate she is, how knowledgeable she is, the news stations compete for her presence,\u201d Ober later told the St. Petersburg Times.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">She became something of a socialite, popping up at parties around Tampa. She was married and divorced twice.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">By 2007, Bondi was a regular guest on CNN, Fox News, MSNBC and other networks, delivering a law enforcement perspective on high-profile cases. She weighed in on stories from outside Florida, like the JonBenet Ramsey murder and the false rape allegations against members of the Duke University lacrosse team.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"article__body-image\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><input type=\"hidden\" value=\"IRv2\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"lazy-container\" style=\"background-color:#f7f7f7\"><picture><source type=\"image\/jpg\" media=\"(max-width: 480px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tampabay.com\/resizer\/v2\/pam-bondi-speaks-in-court-with-gina-jones-P4LH6SG4NFGIZBFYT6OCD24LE4.JPG?auth=c8bd65e0aa20c5ecd8ae5e4df28781f95910163797056b0174846100b355e971&amp;width=480\"\/><source type=\"image\/jpg\" media=\"(max-width: 481px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tampabay.com\/resizer\/v2\/pam-bondi-speaks-in-court-with-gina-jones-P4LH6SG4NFGIZBFYT6OCD24LE4.JPG?auth=c8bd65e0aa20c5ecd8ae5e4df28781f95910163797056b0174846100b355e971&amp;width=620\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Pam Bondi speaks in court with Gina Jones, right, mother of Martin Lee Anderson, in the 2007 trial where seven former juvenile boot camp guards and a nurse were accused in Anderson's death.\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns=&quot;http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg&quot; viewBox=&quot;0 0 620 443&quot;\/%3E\" style=\"transition:opacity 0.5s ease 0.5s;opacity:0\" title=\"Pam Bondi speaks in court with Gina Jones, right, mother of Martin Lee Anderson, in the 2007 trial where seven former juvenile boot camp guards and a nurse were accused in Anderson's death.\" itemprop=\"image\" width=\"620\" height=\"auto\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.tampabay.com\/resizer\/v2\/pam-bondi-speaks-in-court-with-gina-jones-P4LH6SG4NFGIZBFYT6OCD24LE4.JPG?auth=c8bd65e0aa20c5ecd8ae5e4df28781f95910163797056b0174846100b355e971&amp;width=620\"\/><meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"620\"\/><meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"443\"\/><\/picture><\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"description\" class=\"caption\">Pam Bondi speaks in court with Gina Jones, right, mother of Martin Lee Anderson, in the 2007 trial where seven former juvenile boot camp guards and a nurse were accused in Anderson&#8217;s death.<!-- --> <span class=\"caption__credit\">[\u00a0Associated Press (2007)\u00a0]<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"\">About that same time, she was immersed in the case of Martin Lee Anderson, a teenage boy who died in a North Florida boot camp. Seven drill instructors and a nurse were charged in his death. Bondi was part of a team specially tapped to prosecute the case. A trial ended in acquittals. But it was yet another that made her a familiar face.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"h1\">Unwanted attention<\/h2>\n<p class=\"\">In that same era, Bondi\u2019s image suffered after a legal battle erupted over a dog.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The St. Bernard known as Master Tank was displaced after Hurricane Katrina and later adopted by Bondi. She renamed the dog Noah. When his original owners learned he was alive and asked for him back, Bondi refused. She hired the late Tampa legal titan Barry Cohen to represent her in the dispute. She ended up settling with the owners and returning the dog.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"article__body-image\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><input type=\"hidden\" value=\"IRv2\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"lazy-container\" style=\"background-color:#f7f7f7\"><picture><source type=\"image\/jpg\" media=\"(max-width: 480px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tampabay.com\/resizer\/v2\/pam-bondi-at-home-with-the-st-bernard-dog-ZCAHGEEM6FB27E76YAYG3MVESU.JPG?auth=82879d197646220c80cdf41f4bd305bac0854a40940d39a261b8d09f78958d0e&amp;width=480\"\/><source type=\"image\/jpg\" media=\"(max-width: 481px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tampabay.com\/resizer\/v2\/pam-bondi-at-home-with-the-st-bernard-dog-ZCAHGEEM6FB27E76YAYG3MVESU.JPG?auth=82879d197646220c80cdf41f4bd305bac0854a40940d39a261b8d09f78958d0e&amp;width=620\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Pam Bondi at home with the St. Bernard dog she named Noah.\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns=&quot;http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg&quot; viewBox=&quot;0 0 620 431&quot;\/%3E\" style=\"transition:opacity 0.5s ease 0.5s;opacity:0\" title=\"Pam Bondi at home with the St. Bernard dog she named Noah.\" itemprop=\"image\" width=\"620\" height=\"auto\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.tampabay.com\/resizer\/v2\/pam-bondi-at-home-with-the-st-bernard-dog-ZCAHGEEM6FB27E76YAYG3MVESU.JPG?auth=82879d197646220c80cdf41f4bd305bac0854a40940d39a261b8d09f78958d0e&amp;width=620\"\/><meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"620\"\/><meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"431\"\/><\/picture><\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"description\" class=\"caption\">Pam Bondi at home with the St. Bernard dog she named Noah.<!-- --> <span class=\"caption__credit\">[\u00a0Times (2005)\u00a0]<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"\">It wasn\u2019t uncommon for people to comment on the blond-haired, blue-eyed prosecutor\u2019s looks. During the Anderson trial, an anonymous reader left a comment on a North Florida newspaper\u2019s coverage of the case.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cAlthough I don\u2019t necessarily agree with the prosecution of the boot camp guards,\u201d it read, \u201cone thing that I agree with is that Pam Bondi is the all-time hottie of all the prosecutors on the planet.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">In 2008, some less-than-discerning court observers confused Bondi with the teacher-turned-sex offender Debra LaFave. Bondi wasn\u2019t pleased with the mistaken identity.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Bondi\u2019s image and status as a public figure have occasionally brought her unwanted attention.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">A man Bondi prosecuted on a worthless check charge during her first year as a prosecutor started stalking her, making repeated harassing phone calls. The man later died by suicide after leaping from the Sunshine Skyway Bridge.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Years later, after Bondi became Florida\u2019s attorney general, a man sent her Facebook messages commenting on her looks and later showed up repeatedly outside her Tampa home. That man was arrested and given a court order to stay away from Bondi.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"h1\">Entering politics<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"article__body-image\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><input type=\"hidden\" value=\"IRv2\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"lazy-container\" style=\"background-color:#f7f7f7\"><picture><source type=\"image\/jpg\" media=\"(max-width: 480px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tampabay.com\/resizer\/v2\/pam-bondi-floridas-attorney-general-at-XNEYNUWHGUI6TBKNIBWI6S7HAY.jpg?auth=50ff72de33f43285be92ca0d2cd05d4909bb7a0a7487da7c7d8f7ec0e02f2371&amp;width=480\"\/><source type=\"image\/jpg\" media=\"(max-width: 481px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tampabay.com\/resizer\/v2\/pam-bondi-floridas-attorney-general-at-XNEYNUWHGUI6TBKNIBWI6S7HAY.jpg?auth=50ff72de33f43285be92ca0d2cd05d4909bb7a0a7487da7c7d8f7ec0e02f2371&amp;width=620\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Pam Bondi, Florida's attorney general at the time, speaks at a news conference in 2011 with Gov. Rick Scott and Florida Department of Law Enforcement Commissioner Gerald Bailey, left.\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns=&quot;http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg&quot; viewBox=&quot;0 0 620 410&quot;\/%3E\" style=\"transition:opacity 0.5s ease 0.5s;opacity:0\" title=\"Pam Bondi, Florida's attorney general at the time, speaks at a news conference in 2011 with Gov. Rick Scott and Florida Department of Law Enforcement Commissioner Gerald Bailey, left.\" itemprop=\"image\" width=\"620\" height=\"auto\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.tampabay.com\/resizer\/v2\/pam-bondi-floridas-attorney-general-at-XNEYNUWHGUI6TBKNIBWI6S7HAY.jpg?auth=50ff72de33f43285be92ca0d2cd05d4909bb7a0a7487da7c7d8f7ec0e02f2371&amp;width=620\"\/><meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"620\"\/><meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"410\"\/><\/picture><\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"description\" class=\"caption\">Pam Bondi, Florida&#8217;s attorney general at the time, speaks at a news conference in 2011 with Gov. Rick Scott and Florida Department of Law Enforcement Commissioner Gerald Bailey, left.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"\">Bondi\u2019s entry into politics started with a phone call in 2009 in a Baltimore parking lot.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Adam Goodman, a media consultant whose past clients included ex-New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, had followed Bondi\u2019s career. He called her up and suggested she should consider a run for Florida\u2019s attorney general. Bondi wrestled with the decision, but eventually entered the open race.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">In her first campaign, she sometimes struggled to articulate positions on political issues, like gay adoption. She benefited, though, from a familiarity she\u2019d honed with Republican voters as a familiar face on Fox News. She beat out two other candidates in the primary and went on to beat a well-liked Democrat in the general election.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Even then, there came speculation about what could follow for Bondi. Those who knew her insisted that Florida\u2019s attorney general was all she wanted to be.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cTo her, being attorney general of Florida is akin to being president of the United States,\u201d Goodman told the Times in 2010. \u201cThis is as big as it gets.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tampabay.com\/news\/florida-politics\/2024\/11\/26\/pam-bondi-florida-attorney-general-president-donald-trump\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TAMPA \u2014 Not all that long ago, Pam Bondi still walked the dour hallways of Hillsborough County\u2019s Courthouse Annex and stood before Tampa judges and juries. 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