In Just 83 Seconds, Warren Exposes $847,000 in Alleged Russian Ties — Bondi Goes Silent 

What I’m about to reveal to you happened in December 19th, 2025, and it’s already being called the most explosive 83 seconds in congressional history, December 19th, 2025. A number was read aloud in a Senate hearing room that sent shock waves through Washington and may have just ended a political career.

 That number, $847,000. Stay with me because what unfolded in that hearing room exposes a scandal so intricate, so deeply documented that by the time I finish walking you through it, you’ll understand why legal experts are using words like career ending and criminal prosecution. Welcome to George Will Direct, where we cut through the noise and bring you the stories that matter with the facts that matter.

 I’m your host, and today we’re diving into what may be the biggest political corruption scandal of 2025. Now before we get into the details, I want to be transparent with you. Creating this kind of indepth independent journalism takes time and resources. If you find value in what we do here, if you appreciate journalism that doesn’t bow to corporate interests, please consider supporting us through buy me a coffee.

 Every contribution, no matter how small, helps us keep bringing you this content. The link is right there in the description. All right, let’s get into what actually happened. December 19th, 2025. It’s 2:47 in the afternoon at the Hart Senate office building in Washington. The Senate Judiciary Committee is holding what was supposed to be a routine endophere oversight hearing.

 You know, the type standard questions about department operations, budget discussions. Nothing particularly dramatic. Attorney General Pam Bundy is sitting at the witness table looking confident, composed. She’s testified before Congress dozens of times throughout her career. This should have been just another day.

 But Senator Elizabeth Warren from Massachusetts is sitting there with a blue folder in front of her. And inside that folder is documentation that’s about to turn this routine hearing into a constitutional crisis. At 2:48 p.m., Warren gets recognized for her questioning time. The room goes quiet. She opens that blue folder with the kind of deliberate precision that tells you she knows exactly what she’s doing.

 And she starts with what seems like a straightforward question. Miss Bondi, during the period from March through November of this year, did you receive any communications from foreign nationals concerning policy matters within your official duties? Now, this seems routine, right? Bondi responds the way you’d expect.

 She says official channels bring her hundreds of communications each month that her council’s office reviews and logs everything as required. Standard bureaucratic response. But then Warren narrows the focus. She asks specifically about communications from Russian nationals or intermediaries with Russian connections.

 Bondi says, “Not to my knowledge, Senator.” And that’s when Warren drops the first bombshell. She asked Bondi if the name Baltch Holdings Limited means anything to her. It’s a company registered in Noia, Cyprus. According to Warren’s documentation, and I’m getting this from the C-SPAN recording of this hearing, there’s a pause from Bondi just a half second longer than her previous answers.

Warren, who spent decades as a law professor and knows how to read witnesses, catches it immediately. Bondi says she’d need to review her records, and Warren says, “Allow me to provide assistance.” Here’s where it gets absolutely stunning. Warren presents documentation showing four wire transfers to a Delaware limited liability company.

 The Treasury Department’s financial crimes enforcement network that’s fined these transfers. And get this, the LLC’s registered agent is Bondi’s former law partner. The source of these transfers, Balch Holdings Limited in Cyprus. But it gets worse. The intermediary bank processing these transfers was Riadam Bankanka in Ria Latvia.

 And this bank has been specifically flagged by the US Treasury Department for facilitating Russian money laundering and sanctions evasion. Warren reads out the transfer dates March 14th, April 22nd, June 8th, September 3rd, all in 2025. And then she reads the amounts 178,223,251,215,000 total 847,000 in Russian link transfers to an entity connected to the sitting attorney general of the United States.

 Now I want you to imagine being in that hearing room. According to multiple journalists who were present, you could hear gasps rippling through the chamber. Bondie’s hands are still clasped on the table, but C-SPAN cameras catch her knuckles going white. Warren keeps going. She reveals that this LLC was dissolved on November 29th, just 3 weeks before this hearing, just days before the scheduled testimony.

 And she asked Bondi directly, “Do you wish to modify your earlier response that you had no knowledge of Russian communications?” Nothing. Complete silence. Bondi doesn’t deny it. She doesn’t clarify. as she just sits there in silence beforeCongress and C-SPAN cameras broadcasting to millions of Americans. Now, stay with me here because this gets even more damning.

 Warren has documentation showing that on June 9th, 2025, the day after that third wire transfer of $251,000. Bondi attended a closed door Senate Banking Committee meeting. the topic sanctions enforcement policy, specifically tightening correspondent banking rules for Baltic financial institutions that Treasury had flagged for Russian money laundering.

 Rita Mubanka, the same bank processing these transfers to Bondi’s connected LLC, was specifically discussed in that meeting and according to Warren’s documentation, Bondi opposed the additional restrictions. Think about that. She argued against restrictions that would have disrupted the exact money flow that was benefiting this LLC connected to her former law partner.

 Bondi tries to deflect, saying she provided regulatory feasibility concerns, but Warren’s not done. She reveals that four days before that meeting, an encrypted email reached Bondi. The email originated from a server in Talon, Estonia. No subject line, just a PDF attachment titled correspondent banking impact assessment confidential.

 And that document contained projected revenue loss figures for three Latvian banks including Riettimu Banka. Warren asks point blank, was that communication disclosed to the ethics committee as required by law? Silence. Again, just silence before Congress. Now, we’re about a minute and a half into Warren’s questioning at this point, and she’s building this case piece by piece, like a prosecutor presenting evidence to a jury.

 And here’s where I need you to really pay attention, because this is where it goes from questionable to potentially criminal. Warren reveals that on September 4th, 2025, the day after that fourthwire transfer of $215,000, an email went out from Bondi’s official Justice Department account to a deputy assistant secretary at Treasury.

 The subject line read, “Ertent review of proposed Fininsson enforcement expansion.” In that email, Bondi requested a delay of new reporting requirements, and these requirements specifically targeted shell companies receiving foreign payments through Baltic correspondent banks. Warren reads Bondi’s own words into the congressional record.

 These requirements risk overdedicating enforcement resources on lowrisis technical violations while creating compliance burdens that could destabilize legitimate crossber business structures. Low-risk technical violations. That’s how the attorney general of the United States characterized what appears to be $847,000 in Russian link transfers flowing through an offshore network to an undisclosed LLC.

 Warren puts it perfectly. She says, “You weren’t speaking about broad regulatory policy, Miss Bondi. You were speaking about the precise mechanism processing your secret payments from Russian linked entities. You used your position as attorney general to protect your income source. No response. Bondi just sits there breathing barely perceptible, handsfolded, eyes fixed forward.

 But Warren’s not finished. She moves on to what she calls the encrypted emails. 19 separate messages between March and October 2025. Server origins in Estonia, Cyprus, and according to Warren’s documentation, a Moscow data center. All encrypted, all accessed through a VPN service registered in the British Virgin Islands. And here’s the kicker.

 Not one of these emails appeared in any official Justice Department communication log despite federal recordkeeping law requiring it. Warren says they have the metadata, IP addresses, access timestamps, but the actual content of these emails unavailable because the encryption keys were destroyed on November 30th.

 That’s one day after the LLC was dissolved 2 days after Bondi had a meeting with someone named Dmitri Fedelov. And this is where things get really interesting. Warren asks, “Who provided instruction for encryption key destruction?” Silence. Who directed LLC dissolution? More silence. Then Warren reveals something else.

 On December 2nd, three days after the LLC dissolution and encryption key destruction, 5 years worth of Bondi’s financial disclosure forms received amendments. A footnote appeared referencing consultancy income source under review. No amount specified, no LLC named, no mention of foreign transfers despite federal law requiring disclosure of such information.

 Warren asks what prompted these December 2nd amendments just three weeks before this scheduled hearing. Bondi manages to say council advice. Warren asks which council. Bondi starts to say she’d need to check, but Warren interrupts. Dmitri Fidul, Warren says, placing a photograph on the table. that’s his name. Based in Miami, US-Russian dual national, his firm has represented Gazprom bank subsidiaries in three sanctions evasion cases.

 Currently under Justice Department investigation for FAR violations, the same department you lead as attorney general. Accordingto Warren’s documentation, Bondi met with Fedelof in person on November 28th at an Arlington, Virginia hotel. The meeting lasted 47 minutes. The very next day that LLC was dissolved.

 The day after that encryption keys destroyed. Three days later amended disclosures filed. Warren asks directly, “What occurred in that 47minute meeting, Miss Bondi?” And again, nothing but silence. According to journalists in the room, you could have heard a pin drop, no coughs, no papers rustling, just the hum of Hvasi and the buzz of monitors as Congress and the American people waited for an answer that never came.

 Warren goes back further in the timeline. June 7th, 2025. Bondi’s official schedule shows an entry 3:30m call BC Strategy. Warren asks if Bondi is familiar with BC Strategy. Bondi acknowledges it’s a Nosia based consulting group, and Warren reveals that the address for BC Strategy matches the address for Balttech Holdings, the entity that sent those $847,000.

The call lasted 34 minutes. It came one day before Bondi received that encrypted policy document. Two days before her Senate Banking Committee testimony opposing sanctions on the banks that were paying into this network, Warren points out that this call doesn’t appear in any ethics review, no disclosure filing records.

 It no official log shows it. She asks, “What discussion occurred on that call, Miss Bondi?” Nothing. Just Bondi staring at the table before Congress. 10 seconds pass. 1520. The silence becomes its own answer. Warren asks a simpler question. Did you ever receive requests to influence US policy in exchange for monetary payment from Russian or Russian linked entities? Bondi finally speaks.

 I have never acted as a representative of a foreign government. Warren immediately responds, that wasn’t my question. And we’re back to silence. At this point, we’re 83 seconds into Warren’s questioning. And Warren wraps it up by announcing what comes next. Subpoenas will be issued for all communications with Baltech Holdings, BC Strategy, and Dimmitri Fedelof.

 Phone records, emails, three years of financial records. She announces that a Justice Department referral for F violations, false statements, and obstruction will proceed that day. and she tells Bondi she needs to return under oath on January 14th, just 5 days from now as I’m recording this. Warren warns that criminal perjury referral will follow any false statements potentially including contempt of Congress charges.

 Now, let me give you the context of why this matters so much. The Foreign Agents Registration Act, FRA, requires anyone acting as an agent of a foreign entity to register with the Justice Department. Violations carry criminal penalties. False statements to Congress are felonies. Obstruction of justice is a felony.

 If the documentation Warren presented is accurate, and remember she’s citing Treasury Department Fininsson reports, which are official government documents, then we’re potentially looking at criminal exposure for the sitting attorney general. According to reporting from Politico, Bondi left that hearing without making any comment to the press that had packed the hallways.

 According to the Washington Post, subpoenas were issued that same afternoon. The New York Times reported that the Justice Department’s Inspector General has opened a preliminary inquiry. CNN legal analysts have characterized the documented timeline as showing consciousness of guilt. The dissolution of the LLC, the destruction of encryption keys, the amended disclosures, all happening in rapid succession right before a scheduled congressional hearing.

 Now, I want to be very clear about something. As of this recording, Pam Bondi has not been charged with any crime. She has not been convicted of anything. In America, you’re innocent until proven guilty. What I’m presenting to you are the facts, as they were stated in a congressional hearing documented in official Treasury Department reports, according to Senator Warren, and reported by major news organizations.

But here’s what we know for certain. $847,000 moved through an offshore network involving a Cypress company, a Latvian bank flagged for Russian money laundering, and a Delaware LLC connected to Bondi’s former law partner. That’s documented. Bondi attended policy meetings and sent official emails arguing against restrictions that would have affected those exact financial channels. That’s documented.

 She had communications with individuals and entities involved in this network that weren’t disclosed as required by law. That’s documented according to Warren’s evidence. When asked direct questions about all of this under oath before Congress, she provided no answers. That’s on video. The pattern Warren laid out shows money coming in, policy advocacy going out that benefits the source of that money, and then systematic cleanup, dissolution, destruction, amendments right before scheduled congressional testimony.

 If you were building a prosecution case forcorruption or F violations, this is the kind of timeline prosecutors dream about. Now, here’s where this story goes next. January 14th is 5 days away as I’m recording this. Bondi is scheduled to return for testimony under oath. She’ll either provide explanations for all of this, which would need to be extraordinarily compelling given the documented evidence, or she’ll face potential contempt of Congress charges for refusing to answer.

 Either way, the subpoenas Warren announced mean investigators will get access to communications, financial records, and documentation that might fill in the gaps. The Justice Department inspector general inquiry that the New York Times reported means there’s an internal investigation happening. Treasury’s Finnson has already flagged these transactions, which is how Warren got the documentation in the first place.

And according to Reuters, the FBI’s counter inelligence division has been briefed on the matter. Though no formal investigation has been publicly announced yet, this is developing in real time. The House Oversight Committee, according to Bloomberg, is considering its own investigation. Republican members of Congress have been notably quiet, which is interesting given that Bondi was appointed by a Republican administration.

 Democratic members are calling for her resignation while investigations proceed. Legal experts I’ve seen interviewed on MSNBC and CNN have pointed out that even if Bondi ultimately isn’t charged with crimes, the documented evidence of undisclosed foreign financial connections for someone serving as attorney general creates a massive conflict of interest and national security concern.

 The attorney general oversees federal law enforcement, including investigations into foreign influence and money laundering. if the AG herself has undisclosed financial entanglements with foreign networks that compromises the entire department’s credibility. Here’s what I want you to take away from this. This isn’t about partisan politics.

 This is about documented financial transactions, policy advocacy that appears to correlate with those transactions and a complete lack of explanation when questioned under oath about the connections. Whether you’re Republican, Democrat, independent, whatever, we should all be able to agree that officials in positions of power need to be transparent about foreign financial relationships and need to answer questions when evidence of potential corruption surfaces.

 The fact that Bondi sat silent through Warren’s questioning, declined to provide any explanatory narrative that could rebut these connections, and had nothing to say to the press afterwards tells you something. If you had a legitimate explanation for $847,000 flowing from Russian linked sources through offshore channels while you were advocating policies that protected those exact channels, wouldn’t you provide that explanation? Wouldn’t you at least attempt to contextualize it? The silence is deafening.

 And that 83 seconds of Warren methodically laying out the documentation may very well be remembered as the moment when a political career ended and a criminal investigation began. I’ll be following this story closely. When Bondi testifies again on January 14th, we’ll cover it here on George Will Direct. When the subpoena documents get released, we’ll analyze them.

 When the inspector general releases findings, we’ll break them down for you. This is the kind of accountability journalism that matters and it’s only possible because of viewers like you who support independent media. If you appreciate this kind of in-depth fact-based coverage, please hit that buy me a coffee link in the description.

 Subscribe to the channel, share this video. The more people who understand what’s actually happening in Washington, the harder it becomes for corruption to hide in the shadows. That’s what we’re about here at George Will Direct. shining light on the stories that powerful people would prefer stayed buried. $847,000, 83 seconds, one blue folder, and potentially one career destroyed by documentation that couldn’t be explained away.

 This is the story we’ll be watching. Stay tuned.