Kyle Griffin

3. The rationale behind dropping the Homan probe

4. Prosecutors not finding evidence to charge Comey

5. Whether she approved firing certain antitrust lawyers

Sen. Adam Schiff listed the questions Pam Bondi has refused to answer:
 
1. Whether she consulted ethics lawyers before Trump accepted that Qatari plane

2. Which DOJ officials ordered Trump's name be flagged when found in the Epstein files

Update from Glenn Thrush

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More than three hours in, Pam Bondi has repeatedly refused to answer questions about her involvement in and knowledge of the forced resignation of Erik Siebert, the former U.S. attorney in eastern Virginia.

Siebert was replaced after refusing to prosecute James Comey.

Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse asked Pam Bondi about DOJ's decision to drop the investigation into Tom Homan.

MSNBC first reported that Homan was recorded in Sept. 2024 accepting a bag with $50,000 in cash in an undercover FBI sting.

Bondi refused to answer, then attacked Whitehouse.

Sen. Dick Durbin presses Pam Bondi on FBI personnel reportedly being asked to flag instances of Trump's name appearing in the Epstein files.

Bondi says she's "not going to discuss anything about that with you."

Durbin: "Eventually, you're going to have to answer for your conduct."

Pam Bondi refuses to say whether the White House consulted her before deploying the National Guard to U.S. cities.

Sen. Dick Durbin: "Our nation's top law enforcement agency has become a shield for the President and his political allies when they engage in misconduct."

"The Attorney General has systematically weaponized our nation's leading law enforcement agency to protect President Trump and his allies."

Scoop: White House memo says furloughed federal workers aren't entitled to backpay A move to deny backpay to up to 750,000 furloughed workers would dramatically escalate Trump's pressure on Democrats to end the shutdown.

A new draft Trump memo argues that furloughed federal workers aren't guaranteed compensation for their forced time off during the government shutdown.
 
Those who represent federal workers or advocate on their behalf say the White House is misreading the clear intent of the law.

New on MSNBC: Trump's new acting U.S. Attorney Lindsey Halligan has recruited prosecutors from outside her office to take James Comey to trial, after being unable to find any federal prosecutors in her own office willing to pursue the charges, according to two people familiar with the selections.

Trump doesn't rule out a pardon for Ghislaine Maxwell:

"I mean, I'd have to speak to the DOJ. I'll look at it."

Asked about the Insurrection Act, Trump says he would invoke it "if necessary."

Top prosecutor is rejecting Trump pressure to charge New York AG A key federal prosecutor in Virginia, where James Comey was indicted, is resisting bringing charges against Letitia James.

Breaking MSNBC:

A top prosecutor in Virginia has informed colleagues she plans to decline to seek charges against New York Attorney General Letitia James — resisting intense pressure from Trump, according to two people familiar with her discussions. www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/t...

The Supreme Court has rejected Laura Loomer's bid to sue social media for banning her.

Breaking:

The state of Illinois has filed a lawsuit to block the Trump admin from deploying federalized National Guard troops on the streets of Chicago.

"The Trump administration's illegal actions already have subjected and are subjecting Illinois to serious and irreparable harm."

Supreme Court rejects Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell’s appeal of her criminal conviction Maxwell was convicted for her role in recruiting and grooming girls who were sexually abused by Jeffrey Epstein.

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BREAKING:

The Supreme Court just rejected Ghislaine Maxwell’s appeal of her criminal conviction for recruiting and grooming teenage girls for sexual abuse by Jeffrey Epstein.

The decision means that her conviction and 20-year criminal sentence remain in place.

A federal judge in Oregon has blocked the Trump administration from sending members of California's — or any other state's — federalized National Guard to the streets of Portland, Oregon.

Michael Ben'Ary, the fired top national security prosecutor, writes in a letter to his now-former colleagues that DOJ policies are "making American citizens less safe."https://tinyurl.com/3kh7jb9n

Breaking: California Gov. Gavin Newsom says he'll sue the Trump administration after it federalized 300 of his state's National Guard troops and deployed them to Oregon.

Sen. Schiff to NBC: "He's described me as the enemy within. He's described other Democratic elected officials as the enemy within. He is using the Justice Dept. to go after his political enemies, and he's using the Justice Dept. to protect his political friends … This should concern every American."

BREAKING:

A federal judge in Oregon just temporarily blocked Trump's deployment of 200 National Guard troops to Portland.

New KFF poll: Americans want Congress to extend the expiring, enhanced Obamacare credits by a whopping margin of 78% to 22% — a remarkable political entrenchment for subsidies that were a heavy political lift for Democrats just a few years ago, per Politico.

Lawsuit filed over the Education Department's manipulation of employees' email messages NBC News reported that Education Department employees found their nonpartisan out-of-office messages were automatically changed to ones criticizing Democrats for the shutdown.

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A federal workers' union has filed a lawsuit against the Trump admin for altering Department of Education employees' out-of-office email messages to include partisan language about a government shutdown without their consent.

The government shutdown is in its 4th day and Donald Trump just arrived at his golf course.

Save the date: On Oct. 8, Reps. Ro Khanna, Thomas Massie, and Marjorie Taylor Greene will hold a press conference — joined by survivors of Jeffrey Epstein's abuse — to discuss the discharge petition to force a vote on Khanna and Massie's bill, the Epstein Files Transparency Act.

Kash Patel fires FBI agent trainee for displaying gay pride flag The FBI employee was fired on the first day of the government shutdown as President Trump threatened more terminations.

MSNBC EXCLUSIVE: Kash Patel fired an agent in training for displaying a gay pride flag on his desk while appointed to a field office in California last year, according to three people familiar with the matter and a dismissal notice reviewed by MSNBC. www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/k...

Breaking on MSNBC:

An FBI agent in the Washington field office has been fired for refusing to arrest and perp walk James Comey.

This news was first reported by Reuters.

House Oversight Ranking Member Robert Garcia has sent a letter to Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick — after Lutnick called Jeffrey Epstein the 'greatest blackmailer ever' — urging him to testify before the panel about his knowledge of Epstein and his crimes.