Trump directs AG Bondi to prosecute Adam Schiff, Comey, and Letitia James

On September 21, 2025, President Trump posted multiple messages on Truth Social explicitly directing Attorney General Pam Bondi to prosecute his political opponents — naming former Rep. Adam Schiff, former FBI Director James Comey, and New York Attorney General Letitia James by name. The posts came as Trump's Interagency Weaponization Working Group (IWWG) was expanding its list of prosecution targets. Trump wrote that these individuals "should be brought to justice NOW." Prosecutors at the DOJ described feeling pressure from the White House to bring charges regardless of evidence. Trump's public direction of prosecutorial decisions — historically an unprecedented breach of DOJ independence — was described by legal scholars as using the executive branch as a weapon against political enemies.