Democrat lawmakers have asked the Department of Justice to examine a potential conflict of interest in relation to attorney general Pam Bondi and matters involving her lawyer brother.
California Democrats Adam Schiff Dave Min said they have been waiting since 16 December to hear whether the Justice Department properly implemented firewalls and screening procedures in relation to her brother Brad, Bloomberg reports.
“Given the troubling pattern at the department of repeated interventions or dismissals in cases involving Mr Bondi, we are concerned that DOJ officials, including the attorney general, may have failed to ensure the independence of internal accountability mechanisms,” they said in a letter to Justice Department Deputy Inspector General William Blieron Wednesday.
DOJ spokesperson Gates McGavick said in a statement:
double quotation markThese decisions were made through the proper channels and the attorney general had no role in them.
