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Attorney General Bondi Faces Senate Oversight on DOJ Direction

Lawmakers are examining whether DOJ decisions have targeted the president's critics.

Attorney General Pam Bondi listens as President Donald Trump signs a presidential memorandum on the death penalty in the District of Columbia in the Oval Office at the White House, Thursday, Sept. 25, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
FILE - The U.S. Department of Justice logo is seen on a podium before a press conference, May 6, 2025, at the Justice Department in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson, File)
US Attorney General Pam Bondi attends the signing of an executive order by President Donald Trump at the White House in Washington, DC, on Thursday, September 25.
U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi attends a Senate Judiciary Committee oversight hearing, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., October 7, 2025. REUTERS/Kent Nishimura

Overview

  • Pam Bondi appears before the Senate Judiciary Committee for her first oversight hearing since confirmation, with questioning centered on alleged politicization of the department.
  • A grand jury indicted former FBI Director James Comey on two counts of false statements and obstruction, with arraignment set for Wednesday in Alexandria, and Bondi has publicly defended the case.
  • Career prosecutors in the Eastern District of Virginia urged against charging Comey before President Trump removed U.S. attorney Erik Siebert and installed White House aide Lindsey Halligan, after which the case proceeded.
  • Nearly 300 former Justice Department employees released a letter urging stronger congressional oversight and warning the department has elevated loyalty over constitutional obligations.
  • Bondi faces questions over the decision to withhold additional Jeffrey Epstein investigative files after a July DOJ-FBI letter, as a House discharge petition to force release sits one signature short while the chamber is out of session.