Did a judge issue an arrest warrant for the Attorney General Pat Bondi?

1. What the sources actually report about warrants and arrests

Reporting focuses on two distinct law-enforcement responses: (a) the Minnesota investigation into an alleged “murder-for-hire” TikTok post targeting Attorney General Pam Bondi, in which prosecutors filed federal charges and a local magistrate (Magistrate Judge Elizabeth Cowan Wright) issued a warrant for the defendant that led to his arrest and subsequent release on a recognizance bond ^{[1] [4] [5]}; and (b) a separate New Jersey matter in which federal prosecutors obtained an arrest warrant in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey for a suspect accused of ransacking Acting U.S. Attorney Alina Habba’s office, and that suspect was later arrested ^{[2] [3]}. The stories do not say a judge issued a warrant to arrest Pam Bondi herself ^{[1] [2]}.

2. Clarifying the Minnesota TikTok case often cited in confusion

News outlets—The New York Times, NBC, CBS, The Guardian and others—report that federal prosecutors accused a Minnesota man of posting a TikTok image offering $45,000 to harm Pam Bondi; the investigation began after an FBI report and screenshots were obtained, leading a magistrate judge to issue an arrest warrant and to set a personal recognizance bond with conditions after the defendant’s arrest and appearance ^{[1] [4] [5] [6]}. These items show law enforcement acting to arrest a suspect who allegedly threatened Bondi, not that any judge sought to arrest Bondi herself ^{[1] [5]}.

3. Separate New Jersey attack and the federal warrant there

Multiple outlets report that a different suspect allegedly damaged the office of Acting U.S. Attorney Alina Habba in New Jersey; the FBI said a federal arrest warrant was issued in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey and the suspect was taken into custody, with Pam Bondi (as Attorney General) publicly thanking law enforcement for the arrest ^{[2] [3] [7]}. These stories again concern arrests of suspects who allegedly threatened or attacked officials, not a warrant for Bondi herself ^[2].

4. Where confusion or misinformation might arise

The confusion could come from shorthand language in headlines or social posts (e.g., “arrest warrant issued after threat to Bondi”) that collapses distinct actors—defendant, magistrate judge, and alleged victim—into a compressed phrase. Several reports note a magistrate “issued a warrant” in the Avalos/TikTok case ^{[8] [1]}, and elsewhere coverage highlights a “federal arrest warrant” in the Habba office attack ^[2]. Readers skimming headlines may mistakenly infer a warrant targeted Bondi rather than the alleged attackers ^{[8] [2]}.

5. What the sources do not say (limits of available reporting)

Available sources do not mention any judge issuing an arrest warrant for Attorney General Pam Bondi herself or any legal action seeking her arrest (not found in current reporting). There is also no reporting here that any of the described warrants were intended to compel Bondi’s appearance as a defendant; the warrants cited were directed at suspects alleged to have threatened or attacked U.S. attorneys ^{[1] [2] [5]}.

6. Competing perspectives and stakes

News organizations present the incidents with a law-enforcement frame—emphasizing federal charges, magistrate action, and arrests—but they also reference legal limits on speech: the police and prosecutors must show a post was a “true threat” rather than protected political hyperbole to secure convictions ^[8]. Sources also include public statements from officials (Bondi thanking the FBI and US Marshals) that signal a prosecutorial and institutional priority to protect justice officials ^{[3] [7]}.

7. Bottom line for readers

If you saw a claim that “a judge issued an arrest warrant for Attorney General Pat/Pam Bondi,” current reporting refutes that reading: the documented warrants were for suspects accused of threatening or attacking federal prosecutors, and the reporting does not show any arrest warrant being issued for Pam Bondi herself (p1_s2; ^[2]; not found in current reporting). Check full stories (not headlines or social snippets) for who is the target of any warrant: in these cases the targets were alleged perpetrators ^{[1] [2]}.