Democrats Ask Bondi for Records on ‘Alarming’ Ethics Memo (1)

Senate Judiciary Committee Democrats urged Attorney General Pam Bondi to disclose records about her department’s transfer of ethics decisionmaking authority to political aides, which the lawmakers say clashes with promises she made under oath.

All 10 Democrats on the panel wrote Bondi and her acting No. 2 Thursday to object to the “alarming decision” to strip DOJ’s former top career official of responsibility over employee discipline, ethics recusals and waivers, and congressional disclosures. They were responding to a memo reported on by Bloomberg Law Feb. 15.

Their letter, which was also sent to DOJ’s inspector general, argued that a delegation ...