{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://min.house.gov/media/press-releases/new-rep-dave-min-and-sen-adam-schiff-lead-10-colleagues-doj-probe", "NEW: Rep. Dave Min and Sen. Adam Schiff Lead 10 Colleagues in DOJ Probe", "2025-12-16", "2025", "2025-12", "Democrat", "House", "CA", "Dave Min", "M001241", "min.house.gov", "min", "https://min.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "Washington, D.C. \u2013 Today, Representative Dave Min (CA-47), Member of the House Oversight Committee and Chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus\u2019s Fighting Corruption Taskforce, along with Senator Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), Member of the Senate Committee on the Judiciary, led 10 of their Democratic colleagues in demanding answers from the DOJ on a \u201ctroubling pattern\u201d of repeated intervention or dismissals of cases involving Attorney General Pam Bondi\u2019s brother, Brad Bondi, as first reported by Punchbowl News. The letter outlines what appears to be a concerted effort by the Justice Department to favor clients of Brad Bondi and circumvent the rule of law.\n\n\u201cWe write to express serious concerns about a troubling pattern at the Department of Justice (\u201cDOJ\u201d or the \u201cDepartment\u201d): repeated interventions or dismissals in cases involving Mr. Bradley (\u201cBrad\u201d) Bondi\u2014Attorney General Pam Bondi\u2019s brother\u2014that consistently favor his clients,\u201d wrote Rep. Min and Sen. Schiff. \u201cThese concerns are further heightened by the administration\u2019s removal in March 2025 of DOJ\u2019s Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR) Director Jeffrey Ragsdale, who served as the Department\u2019s senior official responsible for reviewing allegations of professional misconduct. Such a leadership change, particularly during a period in which the Department has taken several unusual actions that appear to benefit Mr. Bondi, underscores the importance of ensuring that DOJ\u2019s internal accountability mechanisms remain fully independent and active.\u201d\n\nThey concluded, \u201cViewed collectively, these actions raise significant broader ethical concerns. The repetition and timing of these interventions suggest coordinated decision-making rather than routine prosecutorial discretion. Such departures from standard DOJ practice\u2014including those required by the Code of Federal Regulations (C.F.R.) and incorporated by reference in DOJ Justice Manual\u2014raise serious questions about whether impartiality has been compromised and whether internal safeguards are being bypassed.\u201d\n\nSenators Van Hollen (D-Md.) Hirono (D-HI), and Blumenthal (D-CT) and Representatives Johnson (GA-04), Horsford (NV-04), Ansari (AZ-03), Goldman (NY-10), Tlaib (MI-12), Norton (D-DC), and Subramanyam (VA-10) joined Min and Schiff in signing the letter.\n\nRep. Min, a former SEC Enforcement Attorney and member of the House Oversight Committee, is committed to calling out corruption and holding the lawlessness of the Trump administration in check. This letter is a continuation of his efforts as Chair of the Fighting Corruption Task Force to demand accountability in government and uphold the rule of law.\n\nThe Members pressed the DOJ for answers by January 2, 2026.\n\nRead the letter here.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:09:11Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://min.house.gov/media/press-releases/new-rep-dave-min-and-sen-adam-schiff-lead-10-colleagues-doj-probe"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 2.0572179928421974, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}