From ABC News: Two congressional Democrats are calling on the Justice Department’s internal watchdog to launch a probe into what they characterized as a “troubling pattern” of favorable outcomes for clients who hired defense attorney Brad Bondi, the brother of Attorney General Pam Bondi, for representation in cases involving the Justice Department.
The lawmakers, Sen. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., and Rep. Dave Min, D-Calif., penned a letter Wednesday asking the DOJ’s inspector general to review “whether Attorney General Pamela Bondi properly recused herself from, or otherwise improperly influenced, several cases involving defendants represented by her brother.”
Brad Bondi, a defense lawyer with the firm Paul Hastings, has secured several voluntary dismissals and settlements since his sister took the helm at the DOJ. In a LinkedIn post cited in the Democrats’ letter, Brad Bondi promoted a litany of “remarkable victories” on behalf of clients in 2025.
“We are concerned that DOJ officials, including the Attorney General, may have failed to ensure the independence of internal accountability mechanisms,” the lawmakers wrote.
ABC News pointed to the following examples:
- Brad Bondi convinced prosecutors to drop charges against Carolina Amesty for COVID relief fraud.
- The Justice Department dropped its case against Sid Chakraverty, a property developer represented by Brad Bondi.
- Brad Bondi represented Alexander Mehr in an SEC settlement over civil fraud charges. Mehr and another individual were accused of running a Ponzi scheme, misleading investors of over $112 million. The SEC paused the case in October 2025 due to a government shutdown and ongoing settlement talks.
Both Amesty and Chakraverty denied any wrongdoing with respect to their cases. Mehr and the other defendant have not publicly commented on the case.
DOJ spokesman Gates McGavick said in a statement to ABC News, “These decisions were made through the proper channels, and the Attorney General had no role in them.”
Read more at ABC News
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