Warren, Blumenthal Push Justice Department on Court Filings That Appear to Confirm Billionaire Adani Made a $10 Billion Quid-Pro-Quo Offer to Obtain Dismissal of Criminal Case

Senators continue to express “concerns about the judgment of the DOJ, and the extent to which the DOJ is willing and able to prosecute white collar criminals under President Trump.” Text of Letter (PDF) Washington, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) pressed Attorney General Todd Blanche for answers following new revelations that came to light in the criminal case against billionaire Gautam Adani. In particular, new court filings confirmed that after Adani hired President Trump’s personal lawyer, Mr. Adani attorneys conveyed an offer to invest $10 billion in the United States “as part of any resolution of” his criminal matter, after which Adani’s criminal charges were dismissed. Senators Warren and Blumenthal initially opened an investigation of this matter in June 2026. As reported, the new court filings acknowledge… that [Adani] had offered to invest $10 billion in the United States as part of the resolution of his criminal case.” “The audacity of this statement is astounding,” the senators wrote. “This appears to be an offer of a quid-pro-quo for individual criminal immunity.” The chain of events was so outside the norm that the overseeing federal judge went out of his way in his order to remark that the DOJ’s decision-making process appeared to be “highly unusual” and that the “irregularities in the decision to dismiss the indictment are concerning.” New information also indicates that another of the President’s personal lawyers and advisors, Boris Epshteyn, became involved in the case, as well. Mr. Epshteyn reportedly “operat[es] as a connector for clients with business before the Trump Administration” where “[h]e offer[s] to help potential clients solve issues before the administration in exchange for a monthly fee of as much as six figures.” Given that the new public reports and documents filed with the court provide even more questions about what happened, Senators Warren and Blumenthal are pushing the DOJ to provide the full truth of what happened. Senator Warren has led the fight to root out corruption and hold the Trump administration accountable: In September 2026, Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate Finance Committee, pressed James Gadwood, nominee to be Chief Counsel for the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), to make a series of ethics commitments ahead of his September 15 hearing before the Senate Finance Committee. In August 2026, following a social media post from Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (RFK Jr.), Senator Elizabeth Warren wrote to RFK Jr. asking whether he has changed his ethics agreement, and if so, how and when any changes were made. The letter builds on an investigation into whether RFK Jr.’s family may be financially benefitting from a $50 million anti-vaccine settlement he could have influenced as HHS Secretary. In August 2026, Senator Elizabeth Warren pressed President Donald Trump on his recent financial disclosures, which reveal 3,555 individual stock trades worth up to half a billion dollars in just the first three months of 2026 and more than 14,000 stock trades worth up to $1.06 billion during Trump’s first year in office. In August 2026, Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) pressed Antwerp World Diamond Centre (AWDC) and David Gotlib Luxury Cufflinks over the decision to gift President Trump an 18-karat gold, diamond-encrusted ring shortly before the Trump administration announced tariff exemptions on European diamonds. In June 2026, Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) pressed Dr. Erich Hernandez-Baquero, a current Raytheon executive nominated for Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Space Acquisition and Integration, to make a series of ethics commitments, including recusing himself for four years from all matters related to his former employer, committing to not work for a defense contractor for four years after leaving government service, and commit to not lobby the Department of Defense (DoD) for at least four years after leaving his new role. In June 2026, Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs; Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Ranking Member of the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations; Gary Peters (D-Mich.), Ranking Member of the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs; Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on the Judiciary; and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Finance, wrote to the Republican Chairs of their respective Committees urging immediate hearings on the Trump family’s cryptocurrency firm and its ties to a foreign government that subsequently received advanced U.S. AI chips and a major arms deal. In June 2026, Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii), along with Representatives Jason Crow (D-Colo.) and Mike Levin (D-Calif.), pressed White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles following reports that the White House interfered to deliver a lucrative Department of Defense (DoD) contract to Vulcan Elements, a key Trump Jr.-linked company. In May 2026, Senator Elizabeth Warren pressed the Acting Director-Designate for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), David Venturella , on his decades-long revolving door career between ICE and the private prison industry and his reported use of Department of Homeland Security (DHS) personnel and resources for personal or political favors. In May 2026, Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Rick Scott (R-Fla.) introduced the Banning Lobbying And Safeguarding Trust (BLAST) Act , a bipartisan bill to impose a lifetime ban on lobbying by former members of Congress. In February 2026, Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Andy Kim (D-N.J.), along with Representatives Pat Ryan (D-N.Y.) and Deborah Ross (D-N.C.) pressed the Inspectors General (IGs) of 16 key agencies to open investigations into senior Trump officials who were recently lobbyists or “shadow lobbyists” and may be using their roles to benefit their former employers and clients. In January 2026, Senators Warren (D-Mass.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), and Andy Kim (D-N.J.) pressed Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth on potential conflicts of interest surrounding the awarding of multiple lucrative Department of Defense (DoD) contracts and loans to companies associated with President Donald Trump’s son, Donald Trump Jr. In December 2025, Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Representative Chris Deluzio (D-Pa.) pressed the Trump administration to follow through on promises to limit defense companies’ stock buybacks and incentivize them to increase research and development spending. In December 2025, Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) called for then-Attorney General Pam Bondi to recuse herself from the Department of Justice (DOJ)’s review of any Warner Bros. merger due to potential conflicts of interest related to her former employer, lobbying firm Ballard Partners. In September 2025, Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate Finance Committee, wrote to Donald Korb , nominee for Chief Counsel for the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), ahead of Korb’s confirmation hearing, pressing him on his stark conflicts of interest and urging him to make ethics commitments to mitigate these conflicts. In July 2025, Senators Warren (D-Mass.) and Rick Scott (R-Fla.) wrote to former Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin seeking an explanation and further information on his recent decision to start a strategic advisory firm. Austin had publicly promised Senator Warren during his 2021 confirmation process that he would not become a lobbyist after his government service ended. In July 2023, United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Chair of the Senate Armed Services Committee Subcommittee on Personnel, and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), and United States Representatives Jason Crow (D-Colo.) and Suzan DelBene (D-Wash.) introduced the Retired Officers Conflict of Interest Act – a bill that would require public reporting on retired service members working on behalf of foreign governments and create civil penalties if they break the law. In December 2020, Senator Warren (D-Mass.) and Representative Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) reintroduced the Anti-Corruption & Public Integrity Act to strengthen ethics laws and crack down on government officials’ conflicts of interest across the government. ###