{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://summerlee.house.gov/newsroom/press-releases/rep-summer-lee-launches-investigation-into-doj-for-dropping-corporate-criminal-cases-with-trump-connections", "Rep. Summer Lee Launches Investigation into DOJ for Dropping Corporate Criminal Cases with Trump Connections", "2025-11-18", "2025", "2025-11", "Democrat", "House", "PA", "Summer L. Lee", "L000602", "summerlee.house.gov", "summerlee", "https://summerlee.house.gov/newsroom/press-releases", "scraper", "Text of Letter (PDF)\n\nWASHINGTON, DC \u2013 NOVEMBER 18, 2025 \u2014 Today, Congresswoman Summer L. Lee (PA-12), Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Federal Law Enforcement, launched an investigation into the Department of Justice (DOJ) for its concerning failure to fully prosecute large corporations that have violated the law. Reports indicate that major donors to Trump have been given leniency under this administration. The investigation comes as a criminal charge against Boeing\u2014which donated $1 million to Trump\u2019s inauguration fund\u2014was dropped. The corporation was facing prosecution for the two fatal 737 MAX plane crashes that killed 346 people.\n\nIn a letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi, Rep. Lee demanded information and documents concerning corporate criminal enforcement and rationales for each case that has been declined, paused, or resolved through prosecution or non-prosecution agreements. An investigation by Public Citizen found that 30 corporations that faced federal investigations by DOJ collectively gave $29.5 million to President Trump\u2019s inauguration fund.\n\n\u201cThe Department of Justice (DOJ) has an obligation to uphold the laws of this country. No person or corporation should be above the law, regardless of how many resources or how much money they may have. Yet DOJ has increasingly failed to fully prosecute large corporations,\u201d wrote Rep. Lee. \u201cWhen corporations break the law and exploit the American people, they must be held to account. It is your duty as attorney general to uphold the laws of this country, regardless of who committed the wrongdoing and how much support they have given to the Trump Administration.\u201d\n\nRep. Lee is requesting the DOJ provide the following information and documents by no later than December 2, 2025:\n\nAll memoranda, directives, guidance, communications, or other materials created, transmitted, or received by DOJ from January 20, 2025, to the present concerning the use of deferred prosecution agreements and non-prosecution agreements under corporate criminal enforcement;\n\nAll memoranda, directives, guidance, communications, or other materials created, transmitted, or received by DOJ from January 20, 2025, to the present concerning declinations under corporate criminal enforcement;\n\nAll communications created, transmitted, or received by DOJ from January 20, 2025, to the present from the Executive Office of the President regarding pending criminal cases against corporations;\n\nRecords of complaints or objections received by DOJ from alleged victims in the corporate criminal cases that have been declined, paused, or resolved through prosecution agreements or non-prosecution agreements since January 20, 2025;\n\nA detailed list and comprehensive explanation of DOJ\u2019s rationale for each of the corporate criminal cases that have been declined, paused, or received prosecution agreements or non-prosecution agreements since January 20, 2025; and\n\nA detailed and comprehensive list of any and all oversight mechanisms that are currently in place to ensure that there are no conflicts of interest or quid pro quo agreements between President Trump, members of his family, the Trump Organization, and the corporations facing investigation or prosecution.\n\nFull letter text is available here.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:52:45Z"]], "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://summerlee.house.gov/newsroom/press-releases/rep-summer-lee-launches-investigation-into-doj-for-dropping-corporate-criminal-cases-with-trump-connections"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.8664471097290516, "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"}