Senators Elizabeth Warren and Richard Blumenthal are pressing Attorney General Todd Blanche for a second time this year to explain the Justice Department’s decision to abandon a fraud and bribery prosecution of Indian billionaire Gautam Adani, this time after a New York Times report revealed that Adani, represented by one of President Donald Trump’s personal lawyers, admitted to offering a $10bn investment in the United States to resolve the criminal case.

In a letter sent Wednesday and seen by the Guardian, the two Democratic senators raised questions about the role of people close to Trump in the DoJ’s handling of the matter. “These fresh details continue to raise 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,” Warren and Blumenthal wrote.

Adani was indicted in 2024 in New York for allegedly participating in a bribery and fraud scheme in which he paid Indian officials to secure a contract for one of his companies. He denied the allegations.

Federal prosecutors moved to dismiss the case in May after Adani hired a new legal team led by Robert Giuffra Jr and made the $10bn investment offer. In August, a federal judge in New York agreed to drop the case at the prosecutors’ request, despite having concerns about “irregularities” in the “highly unusual” decision. The federal judge overseeing the case separately determined that the investment offer played no role in the DoJ’s decision to abandon the prosecution.

Warren and Blumenthal previously wrote to Blanche in June, requesting information about the fraud case and raising concerns about whether the Justice Department dismissed the case in exchange for Adani’s investment. The senators did not receive a response.

The new letter also raises concerns about two individuals in Trump’s personal legal circle. Reports alleged that Boris Epshteyn, a member of Trump’s personal legal team who also served as an informal adviser, helped Adani. A spokesperson for Epshteyn denied being involved in Adani’s “arguments, advocacy or efforts” to the Wall Street Journal in June, and said Epshteyn was never hired by Adani or his company, the Adani Group, and did not maintain a relationship with Adani.

Separately, a report alleged that Donald Trump Jr met with Adani in November 2025, before the case was dropped. A spokesperson for Trump Jr said earlier this year that the conversation “had zero to do with DoJ’s actions in this case.”

The senators are now asking the DoJ for more information about Adani’s alleged investment offer, including a list of employees present when the offer was made, the terms of the offer, and when and where it was made. They also want to know whether DoJ employees knew Epshteyn was allegedly working on behalf of Adani, or whether Epshteyn had any contact with DoJ employees regarding Adani.

“We are also concerned about the involvement of two of President Trump’s personal lawyers in this case, and the extent to which they reveal potential political influence and special treatment for well-connected insiders at the DoJ,” Warren and Blumenthal wrote.

The Democrats also asked whether Trump Jr, or any person working on his behalf, had contact with a DoJ employee regarding Adani. The senators requested responses no later than 5 October. The Guardian has asked Blanche’s office and Epshteyn for comment.