Did U.S. Attorney General Pamela Bondi publicly confirm a RICO investigation against the Clinton, Obama and Biden families? No, that's not true: Neither the Attorney General's website nor credible media organizations show the purported announcement. The account that posted the claim displayed a satire label.
The claim appeared in a post (archived here) on X where it was published on May 10, 2025. It opened:
AG Pam Bondi launches a RICO probe into the corrupt Foundation network of the Clinton, Obama, and Biden families. Is this the long-overdue takedown of the century, or will the swamp escape justice yet again? Do you support AG's bold move?
This is what the post looked like on X at the time of writing:
(Source: X screenshot by Lead Stories)
RICO stands for the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (archived here).
However, a search across the Attorney General's website did not produce a confirmation that the families of the three former U.S. presidents are part of any investigation of this kind:
(Source: Justice.gov screenshot by Lead Stories)
A search for the keywords on Google News seen here (archived here) produced a single, irrelevant result concerning discussions of national security issues on Signal (archived here).
The account that posted the claim reviewed in this article, @TulsiGabbardDNI, utilized a satire label and distinguished itself from social media pages linked to politician Tulsi Gabbard (archived here):
A parody account shares news of Tulsi Gabbard. No affiliation with
(Source: X.com screenshot by Lead Stories.)
Gabbard was confirmed (archived here) as director of national intelligence under the second Trump Administration in February 2025.
As of this writing, the official website of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence displayed a message that read, "Pardon our dust under construction".
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