Attorney General Bondi Faces Mounting Pressure Over Refusal to Probe Signal Leak

Pam Bondi defends her decision not to investigate leaked details of a U.S. airstrike, as bipartisan calls for accountability intensify.

Attorney General Pam Bondi has declined to open a DOJ investigation into a Signal group chat leak involving sensitive details about a U.S. airstrike in Yemen.
The Signal chat, initiated by National Security Adviser Mike Waltz and involving Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, inadvertently included journalist Jeffrey Goldberg, who reported on the leaked information.
Bondi argues the information shared was sensitive but not classified and insists intelligence officials believe the leak was an inadvertent mistake.
Critics, including CNN’s Anderson Cooper and legal analyst Elie Honig, accuse Bondi of politicizing the DOJ and failing to uphold the precedent of independent investigations.
Bipartisan members of the Senate Armed Services Committee continue to push for a Pentagon inspector general probe, though no formal investigation has been announced.