The Trump administration has come under scrutiny from Democratic senators after the Department of Justice dropped a fraud and bribery case against Indian billionaire Gautam Adani. The case was dismissed in August following prosecutors' May announcement, raising questions about whether Adani's promised $10 billion investment in the US influenced the decision. This has become part of a broader pattern of judges expressing concerns about Trump administration prosecutors seeking to dismiss criminal cases.

Adani was indicted in 2024 for allegedly bribing Indian officials to secure contracts for his companies, charges he denied. After hiring new legal representation and offering the investment in May, prosecutors moved to abandon the case, which a federal judge formally dismissed in August despite flagging "highly unusual" circumstances and "irregularities". Democratic senators Warren and Blumenthal are now demanding the attorney general clarify whether Trump associates—including Trump's personal lawyers and Trump Jr—were involved in the decision, having received no response to their earlier June request.