As reports swirl that former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi is one of two top contenders to fill a new White House position as communications aide to President Donald Trump's son-in-law and senior adviser Jared Kushner, here's a look at the lawyer and politician.

Whoever lands the job with Kushner will handle messaging around the impeachment probe in the U.S. House of Representatives. Former spokesperson for the Treasury Department Tony Sayagh is also reportedly being considered, and Bondi did not immediately respond to a request for confirmation that she's in the running, but she has a history with the president and his family.

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1. She has Trump ties.

Trump has openly praised Bondi as an old friend, having previously told reporters, "I would consider Pam Bondi for anything."

And it's long been speculated that Bondi might join the Trump Administration, perhaps as his attorney general. The idea gained momentum as she was spotted leaving a post-election meeting at Trump Tower in 2016 and served on the president's transition team.

But Trump chose William Barr to serve as the nation's top prosecutor. Bondi has since become a familiar face on Fox News and is now a partner at lobbying and public relations firm Ballard Partners, led by Brian Ballard, a Republican lobbyist with links to Trump. Bondi chairs the firm's corporate regulatory compliance practice from Washington, D.C.

Bondi initially backed Jeb Bush for president before endorsing Trump.

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2. She survived a Trump-related scandal.

Bondi came under fire after it emerged her reelection campaign accepted a $25,000 check from Trump in 2013 while her office was weighing fraud complaints against Trump University.

She also fielded criticism for alleged hypocrisy toward LGBT rights by proclaiming herself an advocate for the gay community after the 2016 terror attack at Pulse nightclub in Orlando, despite having fought to keep in place Florida's ban on same-sex marriage.

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3. She was Florida's first female AG.

She served two terms as Florida's attorney general — the statutory limit — and was therefore not eligible for reelection.

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4. She's a long-time prosecutor.

In her former life as a Hillsborough County prosecutor, Bondi spent 18 years trying domestic violence and capital murder cases. She became felony bureau chief, served on internal homicide, vehicular homicide and DUI manslaughter committees and was vice chair of the Florida Bar Grievance Committee.

One of Bondi's convictions put Tampa man Adam Davis on death row for murdering his girlfriend's mother Vicki Robinson, while another sent Melvin Givens to prison for life for killing NBC-News producer Danielle Cipriani.

Bondi's collated a number of awards during her career more than 25-year legal career, including the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Award for excellence in fighting fraud, waste and abuse in 2017, and the Florida Prosecuting Attorneys Association Furtherance of Justice Award in 2018.

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5. She tackled pill mills, mortgage fraud

Bondi grew up in Temple Terrace, where her father Joseph Bondi once served as mayor and was also a professor of education at the University of Florida. Bondi holds a bachelor's degree in criminal justice from UF and a law degree from Stetson Law School.

At the helm of the Attorney General's Office between 2011 and 2019, she prioritized tackling opioid abuse, pill mills, synthetic drugs and human trafficking. Bondi took the lead in a nationwide lawsuit against the Affordable Care Act, challenged federal environmental regulations and was a fierce defender of the state's ban on medical marijuana.

Bondi also helped land a $25 billion national mortgage settlement with the five biggest mortgage providers in the U.S. over alleged abuses in foreclosures and practices, and sued BP and others involved in the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, which resulted in more than $2 billion in economic loss claims for Florida.

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