Overview

• Attorney General Pam Bondi repeatedly declined to answer Democrats’ questions on the Comey case, internal deliberations and recent firings, often redirecting or attacking questioners.
• Senate Judiciary Chair Chuck Grassley released FBI documents showing Jack Smith’s team obtained call metadata for eight Republican senators and one House member, prompting GOP demands for hearings and a special prosecutor.
• Bondi called the surveillance episode unconstitutional but cited an ongoing review, pledging a written update on how many FBI personnel were involved and any discipline.
• Lawmakers pressed for release of Jeffrey Epstein investigative records after a July DOJ–FBI letter said no further disclosures were warranted, as Bondi maintained there is no client list.
• The Comey indictment advances in the Eastern District of Virginia with an arraignment on Wednesday, following the removal of U.S. Attorney Erik Siebert and the firing of national-security prosecutor Michael Ben'Ary that critics say reflect politicized personnel moves.