A.G. Gancarski
A week ago, it was all set.
Attorney General Pam Bondi was coming to Jacksonville to fundraise for embattled incumbent State Attorney Angela Corey.
When FloridaPolitics.com asked Cathleen Murphy, who handles communications for Corey’s campaign, Thursday morning, Murphy said “AG Bondi will be there this evening, but it’s a private event.”
So, despite the fact that the world’s attention was on Orlando, Corey’s campaign said Bondi was coming as of 10:30 Thursday morning.
From there, Peter Schorsch got a counter-narrative from the Corey campaign’s Adam Goodman … who doubles as a Bondi adviser.
“.@PamBondi adviser Adam Goodman says the AG has decided not to attend tonight’s fundraiser in Jacksonville … While I believe my friend Adam Goodman when he says @PamBondi made decision not to attend event days ago, he says theres nothing to doc that … The cynics out there will say @PamBondi retroactively decided to not attend fundraiser after our report but Ill give her benefit of doubt.”
Apparently, that decision was made days ago.
From there, Matt Dixon of Politico reached out to Bondi’s office.
The response?
“Bondi spent today with victim advocates and volunteers of organizations that are helping the victims and their families heal and she will not be attending the vigil tonight.”
Perplexed by the narrative dissonance, this writer reached out to Murphy, who could have corrected her original confirmation via email, phone, or other medium.
Instead?
“I didn’t feel the need to let you know something you already knew.”
It’s a new team for Angela Corey’s campaign, after manager Alexander Pantinakis and consultant Matt Justice were kicked to the curb after closing the open primary.
But it’s the same pattern of obfuscation and omission of facts central to a narrative.
And it raises questions of transparency and veracity.
Yet again.
