The real estate mogul insisted the contribution came out of admiration for Bondi’s performance as attorney general. | Getty Trump rejects impropriety in Trump U. donation controversy

Donald Trump insisted Monday that he never spoke to Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi about her office’s deliberations about whether to investigate Trump University in 2013 as his foundation contributed $25,000 to her political committee.

Both Bondi and Trump have been the subject of complaints seeking charges on the basis of campaign contribution malfeasance after it was reported that the Florida attorney’s political committee had received the donation while deliberating a fraud case against the Republican nominee’s now-defunct real estate school.


Bondi has publicly denied the reports in recent months, a response Trump echoed Monday.

“I’ve just known Pam Bondi for years. I have a lot of respect for her. Never spoke to her about that at all,” Trump said Monday, as reported by CBS’ Sopan Deb.

The real estate mogul insisted the contribution came out of admiration for Bondi’s performance as attorney general.

“She has done an amazing job as attorney general of Florida. She is very popular,” he said.

Trump also exuded confidence about the still-pending Trump University case, which has shrouded his campaign in controversy.

“Many of the attorney generals turned that case down because I’ll win that case in court,” he said. “Many turned that down.”