“Eyebrow-raising baggage”

Deadline: White House

Nicolle Wallace, MS NOW

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4.6 • 6K Ratings

🗓️ 22 November 2024

⏱️ 85 minutes

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Alicia Menendez – in for Nicolle Wallace – is joined by Andrew Weissmann, David Jolly, Lisa Rubin, Rev. Al Sharpton, Mara Gay, Melanie Zanona, Charlie Sykes, Molly Jong-Fast, Rep. Mikie Sherrill, Amb. Michael McFaul, Rick Stengel, and Mini Timmaraju.

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0:00.0	Hi, everyone. It's 4 o'clock here in New York. I'm Alicia Menendez. In for Nicole Wallace.
0:10.6	When Donald Trump's first pick for Attorney General, Fox News fixture, loyal Trump ally, and Florida man, Matt Gates went down in flames.
0:18.5	Rejected by just enough Senate Republicans to doom his nomination, Donald Trump turned to the next best thing.
0:24.7	Another Fox News fixture, loyal Trump ally, and Florida woman.
0:28.9	Former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi is his second pick to lead the Justice Department.
0:33.9	It's worth noting she brings significantly more legal experience to the table than Matt Gates,
0:38.7	having been the AG of the country's third largest state for eight years.
0:42.6	But that's not why Trump is nominating her.
0:45.2	Pam Bondi has been by Trump's side through thick and thin.
0:48.2	Back in 2013, when she was floored as Attorney General,
0:51.2	she ignored nearly two dozen complaints about the for-profit Trump University,
0:55.9	declining to join a multi-state lawsuit after the Trump Foundation donated $25,000 to a PAC
1:02.3	supporting Bondi. It was an illegal donation, by the way. Trump had to pay a $2,500 fine for it
1:08.5	back in 2016. The incident led Stephen Colbert to say this.
1:14.9	One thing's for sure. Pam Bondi is the only person in the world ever to make money from Trump University.
1:22.4	Now, I don't know, other than Donald Trump, other than Donald Trump.
1:30.2	Bondi went on to defend Trump in his first impeachment trial.
1:33.3	She peddled the baseless election fraud claims Trump used to try to overturn the 2020 election.
1:38.6	She was by his side at his criminal trial in Manhattan and threw it all.
1:42.3	Even when she was Florida's AG, she was a Fox News
1:45.1	personality, peddling all sorts of right-wing talking points and conspiracies.
1:51.8	Murderers, rapists from Venezuelan prisoners coming straight into our country. They are coming
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