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Botany

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Wed Jan 15, 2025, 01:28 PM Jan 15

Always remember Trump paid a $25,000 bribe to Pam Bondi not to investigate Trump University [View all]

Reports of deceptive practices and fraud by Donald J. Trump and his Trump University business unit had been piling up for several years in states across the nation, including in Florida.

The state attorney general in New York moved in, filing a lawsuit in 2013 that accused Mr. Trump and his for-profit trade school of “engaging in persistent fraudulent, illegal and deceptive conduct,” even though by that point Trump University was already out of business.

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She publicly acknowledged that her office was examining complaints about Trump University, but it decided against a formal investigation.

The decision came soon after Mr. Trump, through his family foundation, sent a check for $25,000 to a political action committee associated with Ms. Bondi, who was running for a second term.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/22/us/politics/pam-bondi-trump-university.html

I wonder if Roger Stone will get a job @ the D o J?

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