Dem
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The most important guiding principle in all of Trumpworld is: It's all about the grift. Everyone eventually gets caught up in it and takes what they can. Although AG Pam Bondi has a full plate, she also has a lot of power and power leads to g(r)ifts. People give her things that are not always inherently valuable, but become valuable on account of who gave them. A box of cigars is not normally valuable, but one from mixed-martial-arts star Conor McGregor (who recently lost an appeal in a civil case where he was found liable for sexual assault) might be. Bondi is a government employee and, as such, is bound by federal rules concerning gifts. She doesn't like these rules and pushes back when ethicists in the administration tell her she can't keep all the little doodads that she is given.
Sometimes it is about intangibles rather than shiny objects. In July, Bondi wanted a seat in the president's box at the FIFA Club World Cup finals. Ethics officials said no. She argued that maybe Trump might need to be briefed on something during the game. She and her husband got in, but she later claimed that she didn't stay there for the entire game, so it was OK.
Trump is much more experienced at grift. He took the Club World Cup Trophy and a medal and went on stage with the winners. (V)