两名国会民主党人呼吁司法部的内部监管机构对他们所谓的“令人不安的模式”展开调查，这种模式对聘请辩护律师布拉德·邦迪(总检察长的兄弟)的客户有利帕姆·邦迪，在涉及司法部的案件中担任代表。
周三，加州民主党参议员亚当·希夫(Adam Schiff)和加州民主党众议员戴夫·明(Dave Min)写了一封信，要求DOJ监察长审查“司法部长帕米拉·邦迪(Pamela Bondi)是否恰当地回避了她哥哥代表的几起被告案件，或者以其他方式不当影响了这些案件。”
“我们担心，包括司法部长在内的DOJ官员可能未能确保内部问责机制的独立性，”议员们写道。
布拉德·邦迪(Brad Bondi)是保罗·黑斯廷斯(Paul Hastings)律师事务所的辩护律师，自从他姐姐执掌DOJ以来，他已经获得了几项自愿解雇和和解。在民主党人的信中引用的LinkedIn帖子中，布拉德·邦迪代表客户在2025年取得了一系列“非凡的胜利”。
如同美国广播公司新闻先前报道布拉德·邦迪(Brad Bondi)成功说服联邦检察官撤销对前佛罗里达州议员卡罗琳娜·阿梅斯蒂(Carolina Amesty)的指控，她面临两项与冠状病毒肺炎救济欺诈有关的盗窃政府财产的指控。
几周后司法部突然撤回了对布拉德·邦迪的另一位客户的起诉:锡德·查克拉维蒂，一位在密苏里州面临电信欺诈重罪指控的房地产开发商。
Amesty和Chakraverty当时否认他们的案子有任何不当行为。
DOJ当时告诉美国广播公司新闻，司法部长邦迪在这两起案件中“没有任何角色”,并且撤销这些指控是“通过正当渠道”
最近，布拉德·邦迪被一个人聘用，就去年9月提出的民事欺诈指控与美国证券交易委员会(sec)谈判和解。
SEC监管机构指控布拉德·邦迪(Brad Bondi)的客户亚历山大·梅尔(Alexander Mehr)和另一个人经营庞氏骗局——误导投资者超过1.12亿美元，作为将包括Pier 1 Imports和RadioShack在内的知名零售商转变为蓬勃发展的电子商务企业的计划的一部分。SEC还指控这两人将超过1600万美元的投资者资金用于个人用途。
2025年10月，美国证券交易委员会以政府关闭为由暂停了该案件，并注意到正在进行的和解谈判。监管机构上个月还表示，双方仍在进行和解谈判。梅尔和另一名被告都没有公开对此案发表评论。
DOJ发言人盖茨·麦克加维克(Gates McGavick)周三在美国广播公司新闻(ABC News)的一份声明中重申，“这些决定是通过适当的渠道做出的，司法部长没有参与其中。”
布拉德·邦迪的代表没有立即回应置评请求。
Dems call for probe into 'troubling pattern' of legal wins for Pam Bondi's brother
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 GeneralPam 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."
"We are concerned that DOJ officials, including the Attorney General, may have failed to ensure the independence of internal accountability mechanisms," the lawmakers wrote.
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.
AsABC News previously reported, Brad Bondi successfully persuaded federal prosecutors to drop charges against Carolina Amesty, a former Florida state legislator, who faced two counts of theft of government property related to COVID relief fraud.
Weeks later, the Justice Department abruptly withdrew its case against another of Brad Bondi’s clients: Sid Chakraverty, a property developer who faced felony wire fraud charges in Missouri.
Amesty and Chakraverty denied any wrongdoing with respect to their cases at the time.
The DOJ told ABC News at the time that Attorney General Bondi had "no role" in either case, and that the decisions todrop those charges were "made through proper channels."
Most recently, Brad Bondi was retained by an individual negotiating a settlement with the Securities and Exchange Commission over civil fraud charges brought last September.
SEC regulators accused Brad Bondi’s client, Alexander Mehr, and another person of running a Ponzi scheme -- misleading investors to the tune of more than $112 million as part of a plan to turn well-known retailers, including Pier 1 Imports and RadioShack, into thriving e-commerce businesses. The SEC also accused the two men of using more than $16 million in investor funds for personal use.
In October 2025, the SEC paused the case citing the government shutdown and noted ongoing settlement talks. Regulators said as recently as last month that the parties remain engaged in settlement negotiations. Neither Mehr nor the other defendant have publicly commented on the case.
DOJ spokesman Gates McGavick reiterated in a statement to ABC News on Wednesday, "These decisions were made through the proper channels, and the Attorney General had no role in them."
A representative for Brad Bondi did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
