WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 -- Sen. Dick Durbin issued the following press release:

Today, U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, demanded Attorney General Pam Bondi and U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro preserve all records related to investigations of U.S. Senators Mark Kelly (D-AZ) and Elissa Slotkin (D-MI), as well as four Members of the House of Representatives.

Senate Judiciary Democrats' earlier oversight request (https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/press/dem/releases/senate-judiciary-democrats-push-back-against-fbi-doj-investigation-threats-into-six-members-of-congress) on the matter has gone unanswered for weeks.

In a letter to Bondi and Pirro, Durbin wrote: "I request that you preserve ...