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Attorney General Pam Bondi announced 30 new indictments linked to a protest at Cities Church in St. Paul, Minnesota, where activists disrupted a service and alleged the pastor was an ICE agent.
Rep. Thomas Massie said he has no confidence in Attorney General Pam Bondi after a combative House Judiciary Committee hearing over the DOJ's handling of Jeffrey Epstein documents, criticizing Bondi for dodging questions and using ad hominem remarks. The discussion focused on redactions in the Epstein files, the 2008 Epstein plea deal, and why some figures like Leslie Wexner were treated differently, with advocates pushing for transparency under the Epstein Files Transparency Act and victims seeking accountability.
An Emptywheel post cites a NYT report alleging Kash Patel and other senior DOJ/FBI officials blocked a civil rights probe into Renee Good’s Minnesota shooting to align with Trump’s narrative, halting a planned blood-spatter test ordered by White House-linked figures; the piece also describes pressure to prosecute protesters, with many charges downgraded or reassigned to new lawyers—some JAG officers—raising accusations of political interference and potential cover-up.
At a Minnesota detention hearing, ICE attorney Julie Le said persuading ICE to follow court orders was like 'pulling teeth,' a remark that preceded her firing and widespread scrutiny of the Trump-era immigration operation, as DHS and DOJ officials clash over detainee releases and there have been mass resignations within Minnesota’s U.S. Attorney’s Office.
A spokesperson for Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard says both President Trump and Attorney General Pam Bondi asked for Gabbard to be present during the FBI search of Fulton County’s elections headquarters. Gabbard says she facilitated a brief call between Trump and FBI agents and notes the president didn’t direct the agents. Democrats criticized the involvement of an intelligence chief in domestic law enforcement, while Fulton County seeks the return of 2020 ballots and related materials.
A Daily Kos piece argues that Attorney General Pam Bondi used a Fox News interview to justify the arrest of journalist Don Lemon (and Georgia Fort) over coverage of an anti-ICE protest, claiming the actions threaten the First Amendment. The article frames the arrests as part of a broader pattern under Trump to suppress dissent and press coverage, noting Lemon and Fort were released and will continue reporting while urging vigilance on free speech rights.
The Justice Department plans daily Weaponization Working Group meetings to re-energize investigations involving Trump and other Biden-era actions, aiming to deliver results within two months across seven review areas, as President Trump pressures prosecutors and Bondi defends the department’s mission.
New York Times reports that the Trump-era DOJ is pursuing a harsh playbook in Minnesota: pushing prosecutors and the FBI to go after critics of immigration enforcement while Pam Bondi and her deputy Todd Blanche resist authorizing traditional civil-rights investigations into officers who killed Renee Good and Alex Pretti, as shootings trigger national backlash.
In Minneapolis, Attorney General Pam Bondi announced that 16 people have been arrested for allegedly assaulting federal law enforcement officers, under 18 U.S.C. § 111. Bondi framed the arrests as enforcing the law and urged Minnesota to cooperate with federal immigration authorities, including access to jails and voter rolls, while Gov. Walz’s office rejected the request for voter-roll data. This is a developing story.
Attorney General Pam Bondi pressed Minnesota to hand over full voter registration rolls to the DOJ as part of a broader federal effort to scrape and scrub voter rolls amid tensions over immigration enforcement. The move has provoked privacy concerns, political backlash, and legal challenges, with courts doubting the DOJ’s legal basis and several states resisting disclosure; the dispute also ties to an expanded SAVE program intended to flag potential noncitizens, raising fears of eligible voters being purge‑purged or wrongly targeted.
Attorney General Pam Bondi urged Minnesota to share state voter rolls and public-assistance data with the federal government to aid immigration enforcement and end sanctuary policies, a request Minnesota officials called unlawful and coercive as tensions rise in Minneapolis over a federal crackdown.
Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi blasted six federal prosecutors who reportedly quit rather than pursue charges against Renee Good’s widow in the Minneapolis ICE shooting, telling Fox News, 'We fired them all,' and accusing them of joining the resistance; the resignations were reported after the New York Times coverage of pressure to charge the widow, while the Trump DOJ had defended the officer's actions in the shooting.
President Donald Trump has reportedly soured on Attorney General Pam Bondi, describing her as “weak and an ineffective enforcer of his agenda” and pressing for a tougher, more aggressive pursuit of his priorities, including re-energizing cases against rivals like James Comey and Letitia James and scrutiny of Epstein files. He’s also floated the idea of special prosecutors due to DOJ delays, while Bondi says she’s carrying out his directives.
Joseph Tirrell, a top ethics official at the DOJ, was unexpectedly fired after training Pam Bondi on ethics rules, amid broader concerns about politically motivated dismissals of federal employees, raising fears about the politicization of the department.
U.S. lawmakers, led by Chuck Schumer, threaten legal action against the DOJ and Attorney General Pam Bondi for not fully releasing Jeffrey Epstein investigation files by the mandated deadline, citing a law that requires transparency and accusing the DOJ of a cover-up.