‘I was considering seriously’ running again for Florida Ag

United States Attorney General Pam Bondi He was seriously “considering” a career for his former position as Florida state attorney when the president Donald Trump asked him to be his choice to lead the Department of Justice.

That dissemination came on Saturday in its interview in the debut Fox News transmission of its weekly program, “My point of view with Lara Trump“The president’s daughter -in -law. She is married to Trump’s third son, Eric Trump.

“I was considering seriously run for the attorney general in Florida again because they told me,” Bondi told Trump. “And I … I learned that if I sat down, I could run again. And I love being in Florida. I love to help people, and that was my plan.”

Bondi, Republican, was the first woman chosen as Florida Attorney General and served in 2011-19. Florida boundaries Its governor and three members of the Cabinet, Commissioner of Agriculture, Attorney General, Financial Director, to two consecutive terms of four years. But that does not prohibit them from sitting at a term and running again.

Republican Ashley Moody, who happened to Bondi, herself would have been limited for the term in 2026. She left the position early after being appointed American senator to replace Marco Rubio, now secretary of state of the United States.

Governor Ron Desantis chose his chief chief and former presidential campaign manager, James UthmeierTo replace Moody. Uthmeier earlier this month opened his Political Fund Collection Committeepointing to his intention to run for state work in 2026.

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Bondi was selected for the role of High Profile Attorney General hours after former American representative of Florida, Matt Gaetz, announced that he was withdrawing from the Senate confirmation process.

Gaetz had been criticized in part about the investigations of the Department of Justice and the Chamber of Ethics Committee on accusations about sexual trafficking, paying women by sex and having sex with a minor. Gaetz has strongly denied irregularities and the Department of Justice refused to present charges against him.

Bondi, 59, has long been a political ally of President Trump. She represented Trump In his first trial of political trial, in which he was accused of retaining the aid to Ukraine to press the Ukrainian government to investigate the former president Joe Biden. He Senate acquitted to Trump In that trial, largely along the party lines.

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In 2013, Bondi announced that Florida would join a New York investigation against Trump University, a series of profitable seminars that announced the teaching of real estate, but then canceled the plans of the state to sue, citing motifs insufficient to proceed.

It was later reported that a $ 25,000 check from the Trump Foundation had been donated to a political committee called and Justice for all, supporting the Bondi re -election campaign. He defended the contribution as a small amount of money compared to the cost of administering a state campaign and rejected suggestions that he could have made political sense to return the money.

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The president of the Republican Party of Florida, Evan Power Sunday, said he was not surprised to hear that Bondi had thought of a return to Florida’s Capitol, home to the Office of the Attorney General.

Bondi “was an exceptional attorney general from Florida, so I am not surprised that I was considering a return to the public service in that role,” he said. “Fortunately for our nation, it has been confirmed in a more important role to help save our country.”

Term limit bill for the next legislative session has been submitted, but do not belong to the members of the cabinet. One of those invoices (SJR 536) would create a constitutional amendment to go to voters throughout the State that, if approved, would limit legislators to “16 years of total service”.

That would prevent them from bouncing camera when their time in a seat is up, extending their mandate far beyond the Constitution “Eight is enough“Restrictions, which only apply to consecutive terms in a seat.

This story contains material previously published by USA Today and the USA Today – Florida network. Jim Rosica is a member of the Florida Capital Office of USA Today Network. It can be contacted at [email protected]. Follow it in X: @Jimrosicafl.

This article originally appeared in Tallahassee Democrat: Pam Bondi almost run for Florida Ag before Trump called her: interview