Attorney General Pam Bondi signaled this week that a Justice Department investigation into what she described as a decadelong conspiracy spanning the Obama and Biden administrations could come to a head in 2026.
In written responses to Just the News released Sunday, Bondi said she has directed prosecutors to investigate what she characterized as a sustained campaign of political lawfare that protected Democrats from criminal scrutiny while targeting Republicans, including President Donald Trump and his supporters.
“At my direction, our U.S. Attorneys and federal agents are actively investigating instances of government weaponization nationwide,” Bondi said. “This is a ten-year stain on the country committed by high-ranking officials against the American people.”
Bondi said the inquiry treats alleged abuses of law enforcement and intelligence authority not as isolated incidents, but as part of a conspiracy dating back to the origins of the Trump-Russia investigation.
“This Department of Justice takes government weaponization seriously,” she said. “That means protecting civil liberties, preventing election interference, and holding bad actors accountable. No one is above the law, even if they think they are.”
Bondi’s framing mirrors a memo circulated earlier this year by FBI Director Kash Patel, who argued that alleged misconduct tied to the Russia collusion narrative could qualify as a continuing conspiracy. Such an approach could allow prosecutors to reach conduct that would otherwise fall outside standard statutes of limitation.
Bondi did not identify where prosecutors are conducting the investigation, but officials told Just the News that a significant portion of the inquiry is centered in Florida, where the FBI executed its August 2022 search of Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate.
The Washington Examiner reported in October that federal prosecutors in South Florida were preparing a new grand jury that could set the stage for criminal charges against officials who served under former Presidents Barack Obama and Joe Biden, citing claims at the time from prominent Trump ally Mike Davis. A Sept. 26 court order shows that Chief Judge Cecilia Altonaga authorized a grand jury to convene in Fort Pierce beginning Jan. 12, 2026, though the order does not specify the subject of the proceedings.
Bondi also criticized former CIA Director John Brennan after public reports revealed that his attorneys sent a letter to Altonaga seeking judicial intervention in any grand jury proceedings tied to the investigation. The request sought to block the chief judge from assigning any potential future case involving Brennan to U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon, a Trump appointee who Democrats have accused of ruling in Trump’s favor, and one who ultimately agreed to dismiss the classified documents case against him last summer.
“Public reports of a recent letter sent to the chief judge of the Southern District of Florida show these bad actors are clearly concerned about their liability,” Bondi said. “They want to preserve a two-tiered justice system. No more.”
Brennan’s request to the court followed a report from Fox News last month that referred to a federal grand jury subpoenaing Brennan along with former FBI officials Peter Strzok and Lisa Page, among others, as part of the department’s sprawling infestation.
Whether the Fort Pierce grand jury ultimately produces criminal charges remains uncertain. But with the attorney general openly framing the alleged conduct as a continuing conspiracy and a Florida grand jury set to convene in early 2026, the investigation appears poised to enter a decisive phase.
