WASHINGTON (AP) — A spokesman for Florida’s attorney general, Pam Bondi, confirms that she personally solicited a political contribution from Donald Trump around the time her office deliberated joining an investigation of alleged fraud at Trump University.
New York’s attorney general and a federal class action civil lawsuit in California allege that the now-defunct Trump University — owned by the presumptive Republican nominee — defrauded consumers with false promises of a valuable real estate investing education.
Trump gave a group supporting Bondi $25,000. He has said during his campaign that he expected favors from elected officials in exchange for campaign donations.
Marc Reichelderfer (Reich-EL-derf-er), a political consultant who fielded questions on the donation at Bondi’s request, said she did not know about the consumer complaints when she asked Trump for money.
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