Two watchdog groups have released reports that scrutinize former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi's past as a corporate lobbyist, expressing concerns about potential conflicts of interest if she is confirmed as U.S. attorney general.
When President-elect Donald Trump in mid-November decided to appoint former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi to succeed former Congressman Matt Gaetz as his pick for U.S. attorney general, details about Bondi's career, including her time as a corporate lobbyist, began to surface. On Wednesday, two watchdog groups released reports that delve into Bondi's time as a lobbyist and say that their findings raise concerns about Bondi's fitness to serve as head of the Department of Justice.
The first report was published by the group Public Citizen and looks at federal lobbying disclosures and Foreign Agents Registration Act reports filed by Bondi and Ballard Partners, the lobbying outlet where Bondi worked as a registered federal lobbyist for the past five years. Ballard Partners also employed Susie Wiles, Trump's pick for White House chief of staff. The other report, from the group Accountable.US, also looks at Bondi's time at Ballard Partners and reports that at least five of Bondi's major lobbying clients have 'faced DOJ fines, investigations, or related scrutiny that could pose serious conflicts if she is confirmed as AG.' The Public Citizen report also details DOJ scrutiny on some of these companies. Jon Golinger, the author of the Public Citizen report, wrote in a statement Wednesday that 'the U.S. attorney general should be the American people's lawyer—not a lobbyist for big corporations and foreign governments.''As they evaluate this nomination, we urge senators to carefully scrutinize Bondi's lobbying record and ask what she will do when the interests of her lobbying clients again clash with the Department of Justice she now wants to lead,' he added. According to Public Citizen's report, Bondi was registered to lobby the federal government on behalf of 30 different clients—a list that included the government of Qatar, large corporations, and government contractors—between 2019 and 2024
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