
Pam Bondi
A politician criticized by Michael Tracey for promoting what he calls a 'phony propagandistic figure' of over a thousand Epstein victims, contributing to the mass hysteria narrative.
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Pamela Jo Bondi is an American attorney and politician who currently serves as the 87th United States Attorney General, having been sworn into office on February 5, 2025. A prominent member of the Republican Party and a fourth-generation Floridian, she previously served as the 37th Attorney General of Florida from 2011 to 2019, making history as the first woman to hold that position and the first Republican to win a second term. Her legal career began in 1994 as an assistant state attorney in Hillsborough County, where she gained national recognition for prosecuting high-profile cases such as the Valessa Robinson murder trial. Bondi has been a key legal ally to Donald Trump, serving on his defense team during his first impeachment trial in 2020 and later leading the legal arm of the America First Policy Institute. She was nominated for the U.S. Attorney General post in November 2024 following the withdrawal of Matt Gaetz.
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Education
Bachelor of Arts in Criminal Justice from University of Florida; Juris Doctor from Stetson Law School
Full Name
Pamela Jo Bondi
Date of Birth
1965-11-17
Place of Birth
Tampa, Florida, United States
Political Party
Republican
Current Position
87th United States Attorney General
Notable Achievement
First female Attorney General of Florida
Legal Specialization
Prosecution of child abuse, domestic violence, and capital murder
Senate Confirmation Vote
54-46
Timeline
- Born in Tampa, Florida. (Source: Wikidata)
1965-11-17
- Began serving as an assistant state attorney in Hillsborough County, Florida. (Source: Wikipedia)
1994-01-01
- Prosecuted the high-profile Valessa Robinson murder case, gaining national media attention. (Source: The New Yorker)
2000-01-01
- Elected as the 37th Attorney General of Florida. (Source: Wikipedia)
2010-11-02
- Sworn in as the first female Attorney General of Florida. (Source: Justice.gov)
2011-01-04
- Re-elected as Florida Attorney General, becoming the first Republican to win a second term in the role. (Source: Wikipedia)
2014-11-04
- Concluded tenure as Florida Attorney General due to term limits. (Source: Wikipedia)
2019-01-08
- Joined the White House as Special Advisor to President Trump in the Office of White House Counsel. (Source: Justice.gov)
2019-01-01
- Served as a member of Donald Trump's defense team during his first impeachment trial. (Source: Miller Center)
2020-01-01
- Nominated by President-elect Donald Trump to serve as U.S. Attorney General. (Source: Wikipedia)
2024-11-21
- Confirmed by the U.S. Senate as United States Attorney General with a 54-46 vote. (Source: Miller Center)
2025-02-04
- Sworn in as the 87th Attorney General of the United States. (Source: Justice.gov)
2025-02-05
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Pamela Jo Bondi ( BON-dee; born November 17, 1965) is an American attorney and politician who has served as the 87th United States attorney general since 2025. A member of the Republican Party, she served as the 37th attorney general of Florida from 2011 to 2019. Born and raised in the Tampa Bay area, Bondi graduated from the University of Florida and Stetson Law School. She served as an assistant state attorney in Hillsborough County, Florida, from 1994 to 2009. In 2010, Bondi was elected attorney general of Florida, becoming the first woman to serve in the position. She was re-elected in 2014, becoming the first Republican to win a second term. She was term-limited in 2018, and was succeeded by fellow Republican Ashley Moody. In 2020, Bondi was one of President Donald Trump's defense lawyers during his first impeachment trial. By 2024, she led the legal arm of the Trump-aligned America First Policy Institute. On November 21, 2024, President-elect Trump announced his intention to nominate Bondi for U.S. attorney general after former congressman Matt Gaetz withdrew from consideration. She was confirmed by the U.S. Senate in a 54–46 vote on February 4, 2025, and sworn in the next day.
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- Pamela Bondi - Office of the Attorney General - Justice.gov
# Pamela Bondi Facebook X LinkedIn Email Attorney General Pam Bondi was sworn in as the 87th Attorney General of the United States on February 5th, 2025. She is a fourth-generation Floridian from Tampa, Florida who spent more than 18 years as a prosecutor, trying cases ranging from domestic violence to capital murder. In 2010, she ran for Florida Attorney General, becoming the 37th and first female Attorney General in Florida’s history, serving for two consecutive terms from 2011-2019. [...] As Florida's Attorney General, Pam Bondi remained unwavering in her commitment to make Florida the safest state to live, work, and raise a family. When Attorney General Bondi took office, Florida was referred to as the pill mill capital of the United States. Of the top 100 oxycodone dispensers in the country, 98 of them were in Florida. In her first legislative session, Attorney General Bondi successfully fought for tough legislation to shut down all 98 of these unscrupulous doctors and clinics. She was then appointed Co-chair of the Substance Abuse Committee for the National Association of Attorneys General and to President Trump’s Opioid and Drug Abuse Commission where she worked alongside other national leaders in areas of prevention, interdiction, and treatment. [...] In her commitment to combating human trafficking, Attorney General Bondi spearheaded efforts to strengthen Florida's state laws, raise public awareness, and provide enhanced resources for victims. Under her leadership, the Florida Legislature created the Florida Statewide Human Trafficking Council. Attorney General Bondi served as Chair of the Council until the conclusion of her tenure as Florida Attorney General. In 2019, Attorney General Bondi joined the White House as Special Advisor to President Trump in the Office of White House Counsel, working on the defense legal team throughout the unprecedented Impeachment Proceedings.
- Pam Bondi - Wikipedia
| United States Attorney General: ▌Pam Bondi (R) | [...] that his first 100 days "far exceeded that of any other presidency in this country", she said that during the same period, DOJ agencies had seized [...] for making personal insults against them, such as calling Representative Massie a "failed politician" or Representative Jamie Raskin a "washed up, loser lawyer".
- Hon. Pam Bondi - Concordia Summit
Press Center Contact Hon. Pam Bondi Attorney General Pam Bondi is a fourth-generation Floridian who spent more than 18 years as a prosecutor trying cases ranging from domestic violence to capital murder. She received her Bachelor of Arts in Criminal Justice from the University of Florida and her Juris Doctor from Stetson Law School. She had never run for elected office, but as a career prosecutor, knew she wanted to make a larger, more positive impact to help Floridians statewide. In 2010, she ran for Attorney General, becoming the 37th and first female Attorney General in Florida’s history. [...] As Attorney General, Pam Bondi has remained unwavering in her commitment to make Florida the safest state to live, work, and raise a family. When Attorney General Bondi took office, Florida was referred to as the pill mill capital of the United States. Of the top 100 oxycodone dispensers in the country, 98 of them were in Florida. In her first legislative session, Attorney General Bondi successfully fought for tough legislation to shut down all 98 of these unscrupulous doctors and clinics. Attorney General Bondi has also made Florida a national model in the battle against synthetic drugs. She has fought to keep deadly synthetic drugs off our streets through the signing of emergency orders to ban these drugs as soon as they become prevalent in Florida. In 2016, she worked directly with the [...] Attorney General Bondi’s battle against human trafficking has led Florida to strengthen state laws, raise public awareness, and provide new resources to victims. She serves as the Chair of Florida’s Statewide Council on Human Trafficking where she has advocated for better care and protections for victims. With the creation of the Council, Attorney General Bondi set a precedent for other states to combat this inhumane crime.
- Pamela Bondi (2025- ) | Miller Center
In 2019, Bondi joined the Donald Trump administration in the Office of the White House Counsel, and she was part of the team that represented President Trump in his first impeachment trial. Bondi’s experience as a former state attorney general and seasoned litigator made her a valuable asset to the defense team. Her arguments emphasized procedural fairness, and she played a key part on the defense legal team during the first impeachment proceedings against President Trump. [...] After completing law school, she began her career as a prosecutor in the Hillsborough County State Attorney’s Office, where she specialized in prosecuting child abuse cases. In 2010, she was elected as Florida’s 37th Attorney General, becoming the first woman to hold the position. During her tenure from 2011 to 2019, Bondi gained national recognition for her efforts to combat human trafficking, opioid addiction, and fraud. She also played a leading role in multistate lawsuits against major pharmaceutical companies over their role in the opioid crisis and in efforts to overturn the Affordable Care Act. [...] In 2020, Bondi joined the lobbying firm of Ballard Partners, and she continued to be an important part of Trump’s team. She was an outspoken supporter of his claims of fraud and corruption after the 2020 presidential election, although those claims were disproven. She also served as a chair for the Center for Litigation and co-chair for the Center for Law and Justice at the America First Policy Institute, a think tank formed to promote Trump’s public policies. President Trump nominated Bondi as US attorney general after his first pick, Congressman Matt Gaetz of Florida, withdrew because of investigations into ethics violations. The US Senate confirmed Bondi on February 4, 2025, by a vote of 54-46, and the next day she was sworn in as the 87th Attorney General of the United States.
- Pam Bondi's Power Play | The New Yorker
to being a fixture on the campaign trail for Trump, Bondi was an observer at his Manhattan trial relating to his hush-money payments to the porn star Stormy Daniels. When he was convicted on thirty-four felony counts of falsifying business records, Bondi reached a different verdict. It was, she proclaimed, “a sad day for our justice system.” [...] A murder case in 2000 helped make Bondi’s career, albeit in a circuitous way. A fifteen-year-old named Valessa Robinson was accused, along with her boyfriend, Adam Davis, and another friend, of killing her mother. Bondi secured the death penalty for Davis (the sentence was later reduced to life in prison); Robinson was also convicted of murder and served thirteen years. The high-profile case helped bring Bondi to the attention of producers and bookers at the TV networks and major cable outlets. She was soon a legal talking head on MSNBC, CNN, and, more and more frequently, Fox News. It was an unusual role for a local prosecutor, but Bondi had a knack for short sentences and punchy phrasing; she emphasized key words with the skill of a veteran correspondent. “These were all internet [...] Temple Terrace, Florida, where Bondi grew up, sits at the northeastern edge of Tampa. It takes its name from the Temple oranges that grew in what was once the world’s largest orange grove. Bondi’s father, Joseph, was a professor of education at the University of South Florida; her mother, Patsy Hammer, was an elementary-school teacher. The eldest of three children, Pamela Jo Bondi received an early education in politics from her father, a Democrat, who served as a city-council member and then as the mayor of Temple Terrace. “The household she grew up in was one that loved what Roosevelt did during the Depression and loved Kennedy for his youth,” Patrick Manteiga, the publisher of Tampa’s La Gaceta newspaper, recalled. Bondi’s father, he said, “was just a very traditional Roosevelt
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