March 11 (Reuters) - Two Democratic lawmakers on

Wednesday asked the U.S. Department of Justice's watchdog to

review whether U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi has properly

recused herself from cases involving clients of her brother Brad

Bondi, a partner at a prominent law firm.

U.S. Sen. Adam Schiff and Rep. Dave Min asked DOJ Deputy

Inspector General William Blier to review whether Pam Bondi has

"adequately recused" herself from cases involving her brother,

and whether the department implemented the right safeguards.

They said they never received a response to a December 16

letter asking the attorney general and her deputy Todd

Blanche what steps were being taken in cases "in which Mr.

Bondi's involvement likely poses a conflict of interest for the

attorney general."

Brad Bondi and his law firm Paul Hastings did not

immediately respond to requests for comment. Bondi co-chairs the

firm's investigations and white-collar defense practice.

Spokespeople for the Justice Department and the DOJ's

inspector general's office did not immediately respond to

requests for comment.

Schiff and Min said in their letter to Blier that Bondi in

January posted on LinkedIn several victories he and his team won

in 2025, including on behalf of Nikola founder Trevor Milton,

who was convicted of fraud in 2022 and then pardoned by

President Donald Trump last year.

Other defendants Bondi represented had their criminal cases

delayed unnecessarily or dropped, Schiff and Min said.

"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," Schiff and Min wrote.