Official portrait of Pam Bondi

Pam Bondi

Attorney General of the United States

Confirmed as the 87th Attorney General on February 5, 2025. Under her leadership the Justice Department indicted former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James on politically motivated charges — both cases were dismissed by a federal judge. Obstructed release of Epstein investigation files by missing court-ordered deadlines, re-redacting previously public documents, and withholding FBI memos, prompting a bipartisan House Oversight Committee subpoena (24-19 vote including five Republicans). Oversaw the firing of career prosecutors who worked on Capitol riot and Trump investigation cases. The DOJ Civil Rights Division experienced a roughly 70% exodus of career staff. Democratic Rep. Summer Lee introduced articles of impeachment accusing Bondi of turning the DOJ into a "personal law firm" for the president.

Linked Incidents

4 Total incidents
1 Critical Rights and Rule-of-Law Concern
3 Serious Rights Violation
4 enabling
Updated March 25, 2026 Rule of Law
Serious Rights Violation Ongoing Judicial finding

Weaponization of the Department of Justice: Retaliatory Investigations and Prosecutions

Systematic weaponization of the DOJ through a retaliatory investigations unit, indictments of political opponents that were dismissed as brought by an unlawfully appointed prosecutor, mass departure …

  • Trump appointed Ed Martin — a former Missouri party chair who promoted election fraud claims and defended January 6 rioters — to lead a DOJ …
  • Former FBI Director James Comey was indicted September 25, 2025, and New York AG Letitia James was indicted October 9, 2025. Both …
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Updated March 26, 2026 Corruption & Self-Dealing
Critical Rights and Rule-of-Law Concern Ongoing Reported record

Epstein Files: DOJ Withholds Evidence, UN Experts Warn of Crimes Against Humanity

After signing the Epstein Files Transparency Act, the Trump administration's DOJ missed legal deadlines, secretly re-redacted files, and withheld documents containing allegations that Trump sexually …

  • UN Human Rights Council-mandated experts stated in February 2026 that the crimes documented in the Epstein files — sexual slavery, …
  • The Trump DOJ missed the 30-day legal deadline to release files, released only about 3.5 million of over 6 million responsive pages, and …
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Updated March 25, 2026 Rule of Law
Serious Rights Violation Ongoing Judicial finding

Systematic Attacks on Judicial Independence and Defiance of Court Orders

A pattern of court order defiance, threats against judges, calls for impeachment, and DOJ Civil Rights Division gutting that constitutional scholars describe as the most serious executive-judicial …

  • The administration continued deportation flights after Judge Boasberg ordered them stopped, leading to a finding of probable cause for …
  • Trump called for the impeachment of Judge Boasberg, prompting a rare rebuke from Chief Justice Roberts.
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Updated March 25, 2026 Rule of Law
Serious Rights Violation Judicial finding

Executive Orders Targeting Law Firms Representing Trump's Opponents

Unprecedented use of executive orders to punish four law firms for representing clients adverse to the president. All four orders were struck down as unconstitutional violations of the First, Fifth, …

  • Trump issued four executive orders targeting Perkins Coie (March 6), WilmerHale (March 27), Jenner & Block (March 25), and Susman Godfrey …
  • Each firm was targeted for specific past legal work adverse to Trump: Perkins Coie for representing the Clinton campaign, WilmerHale for …
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