1. United States
2. N.C.
3. Letter

I urge you to initiate congressional oversight of the Department of Justice’s decision to abandon the criminal case against Gautam Adani and other defendants. Federal prosecutors charged Adani and others in connection with an alleged bribery and securities fraud scheme involving energy contracts in India. In May, the Department moved to dismiss the case after Adani retained a new legal team led by Robert Giuffra Jr. Around the same time, Adani or representatives of the Adani Group reportedly offered to invest approximately $10 billion in the United States. Additional reporting has raised questions about alleged assistance from Boris Epshteyn, a member of President Trump’s personal legal team, and a meeting between Donald Trump Jr. and Adani before the dismissal. These reports do not establish that the investment offer caused the case to be abandoned or that any official acted improperly. They do, however, raise serious questions that the Department should answer publicly. The Boeing matter and Representative Summer Lee’s inquiry into corporations facing federal investigations while contributing to President Trump’s inaugural fund reinforce the need for careful scrutiny. These circumstances do not prove a quid pro quo, but they create an unacceptable appearance of possible political or financial influence. I ask you to hold hearings and request the Department’s complete dismissal memorandum, approval records, ethics reviews, and communications concerning Adani, the Adani Group, the reported investment, and the decision to end the prosecution. The inquiry should identify every official involved, determine what internal approvals occurred, and establish whether Department personnel communicated with Epshteyn, Donald Trump Jr., their representatives, the White House, or Adani’s lawyers. You should also seek interviews, under oath where appropriate, with the career prosecutors and officials who handled the case, as well as the outside and political actors who may possess relevant information. The investigation should determine whether any investment, donation, business opportunity, political benefit, or other consideration was discussed in connection with dismissing the charges, and whether normal prosecutorial procedures were followed. Equal justice requires more than discretion. It requires confidence that wealth and political access cannot purchase special treatment. If the dismissal was lawful, transparent oversight should demonstrate that. If improper considerations played a role, Congress must expose the failure and prevent its repetition.