{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.klobuchar.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/news-releases?ID=9CE95F35-F8E4-4ACE-90BA-49EE6EE5A9F2", "Klobuchar Questions Bondi on Independence of Justice Department", "2025-10-07", "2025", "2025-10", "Democrat", "Senate", "MN", "Amy Klobuchar", "K000367", "www.klobuchar.senate.gov", "klobuchar", "https://www.klobuchar.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/news-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) asked U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi about the Department of Justice\u2019s investigations and prosecutions of President Trump\u2019s enemies, including former Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Chris Krebs, Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook, a sitting U.S. Senator, and former FBI Director James Comey. Bondi refused to directly answer critical questions about the independence of the Department of Justice under her leadership.\n\nA rough transcript is available below and video is available HERE.\n\nSenator Klobuchar: We saw this with the President directing an investigation, prosecution of Chris Krebs, the former head of cybersecurity; Lisa Cook, who is a current governor of the Federal Reserve; Director Comey. \u2026 I was going to ask you if you received advice, instruction, or requests from anyone at the White House to direct the department to engage in any investigations, prosecutorial actions, including decisions not to investigate or prosecute anyone.\n\nPam Bondi: I am not going to discuss any conversations.\n\nKlobuchar: How about the Truth Social post on September 20th, 2025, in which the President said, \u201cWe can't delay any longer\u201d Pam, using your name. Not bringing criminal charges are \u201ckilling our reputation\u201d \u2014 his words \u2014 \u201cand credibility.\u201d And then goes on to tell you to prosecute a member of this committee, to prosecute the Attorney General of New York, and to prosecute James Comey. Do you consider that a directive to the Justice Department?\n\nBondi: Senator Klobuchar, President Trump is the most transparent president in American history, and I don't think he said anything that he hasn't said for years.\n\nKlobuchar: It has been reported that you initially pushed back against report \u2014 against requests by senior Trump administration officials to push out or fire the acting U.S. attorney in Virginia, Erik Siebert, who's a conservative Republican who made the decision that the evidence was not there to prosecute Comey. What made you change your opinion?\n\nBondi: I am not going to discuss personnel decisions.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:32:54Z"]], "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://www.klobuchar.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/news-releases?ID=9CE95F35-F8E4-4ACE-90BA-49EE6EE5A9F2"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.3394758570939302, "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"}