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Pam Bondi, whom President-elect Donald J. Trump intends to nominate as attorney general, received trips and donations funded by those seeking favors from her Florida office.
Pam Bondi, whom President-elect Donald J. Trump intends to nominate as attorney general, received trips and donations funded by those seeking favors from her Florida office.
During his time as a lobbyist, Pam Bondi represented a long list of corporate clients, many of whom have done so with the federal government. Credit . . . Kenny Holston / The New York Times
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By Eric Lipton and Kate Kelly
Washington reports
Halfway through the first Trump administration, Carnival Corporation, the world’s largest cruise line, had a challenge in Cuba that sought the president to fix.
So Carnival, a Miami-based company, has hired a new lobbyist: Pam Bondi, who has evolved a close appointment with Donald J. Trump into her two terms as Florida’s attorney general, the state’s most sensitive law enforcement official.
Carnival feared it could be prosecuted for damages of up to $600 million for parking its cruise ships at Havana docks that had been seized earlier through Cuban communists. The company sought after Trump repels the proceedings.
With Ms. Bondi’s help, Carnival’s chairman, Micky Arison, got a meeting with Mr. Trump in the Oval Office to push its case.
In the end the president did not side with the company. But Ms. Bondi’s involvement demonstrated that she could help grease relations with the Trump administration for her new clients.
It is also a continuation of its technique at the open door of companies, which began when it had its purposes in Florida.
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