The Continuing Trump Shit Show

I’ve been knocking around the zoo of DC public policy and law for a long time, so I have stories….

The latest story is an old one about Pam Bondi, Trump’s latest throw up (yes) for Attorney General.

Back in 2010, I got an e-mail with the subject line: “Crazy with hot sauce, and a dog story too”.

Eh?

When I clicked on the link, I got  a little video view of Pam Bondi, the new Attorney General of Florida.  I assumed she was the hot sauce? 

As for the crazy part, I assumed that was because Bondi is a right-winger who courted the “tea party” seeking their endorsement?  That's not crazy if you are a Republican seeking office.  It's only crazy if you are a member.

So what's the dog story? 

That was a little farther down in the Wikipedia article where we learn:

“Bondi adopted a St. Bernard dog, after he was rescued from St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana after Hurricane Katrina. When the original owners located the dog and attempted to reclaim it, Bondi did not return the dog. In July 2006, a lawsuit was filed by the dog's original owners against Bondi seeking a transfer of custody. In May 2007, Bondi agreed to return the dog to its original owners.”

For the record, the St. Bernard Parish family that owned this dog did not want to leave it.  When they themselves were rescued by boat, the human rescuers threw the dog out of the boat and handcuffed the owners for trying to dive back in and get it.  Last they saw the dog, it was swimming after the boat. 

The owners, undeterred, sent a cousin out to leave food and water for the dogs, which he did.  On September 18th, the dogs were picked up by pet rescuers and taken to a Humane Society shelter set up for Katrina dogs.  The dog was then transferred from Louisiana to another Humane Society shelter in Pinellas County, Florida where, despite clear records indicating that the dog was owned by a responsible owner, it was put up for adoption.  Bondi adopted the dog on October 15th.

In the interim, of course, the owners were trying to find their dog. They eventually tracked it over several states and located it, but Bondi fought returning the dog for 16 months, first arguing that it was a case of canine mistaken identity, and then arguing that she would be a better owner for the dog. 

Only after losing in court, did Bondi relinquish the dog.  Now, in 2010, she was the new Attorney General of Florida.

My next hearing about Pam Bondi was when she was flying to the Caymans to get married with a retinue of 60-70 people including the Governor of Florida and the mayor of Tampa. By the time she landed, the wedding was off, and no one would say why.  Suffice it to say that Bondi had two failed marriages that preceded this failed attempt.

Bondi later appeared on my radar when she was caught taking gratuities from the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) in the form of fancy travel to golf resorts. Later, she was given a $25,000 re-election check from one of Trump’s fraudulent “charities” so that she would not investigate his fraudulent “university”.  After receiving the check, Bondi almost immediately dismissed the fraud case against Trump. 

Then, in 2020 Bondi joined Trump’s legal team where she fit in perfectly with an accused rapist, a person who bungled the sexual assault charges at Baylor University, and two lawyers for pedophile Jeffrey Epstein.

Today, Pam Bondi was tapped by Trump to be his new Attorney General, after accused pedophile rapist Matt Gaetz withdrew his name from consideration rather than have all the evidence against him (including pictures, depositions, and cancelled checks) come out.

The bar is so low in Trump World that I expect a merely corrupt lawyer will sail right through unless drug use, pedophilia, foreign bribes, and cannibalism charges can be sustained.

I would not rule anything out; I’ve been to Florida.