DOJ and FBI gut public corruption enforcement teams
Attorney General Pam Bondi and FBI Director Kash Patel gave a “green light to would-be lawbreakers” by gutting the Justice Department’s Public Integrity Section and folding one of the FBI’s public corruption squads. Democrats warned that DOJ’s refusal to enforce anti-corruption laws betrays the public trust and will create lasting harm to Americans’ faith in the integrity of government officials.
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- Democrats probe Trump administration's retreat from public corruption cases (2025-02-01)
- FBI folds the public corruption squad that aided Jack Smith's Trump investigations (2025-05-15)
- Firings, pardons and policy changes have gutted DOJ anti-corruption efforts, experts say (2025-06-03)
- Justice Department office that prosecutes public corruption slashed in size (2025-03-12)
- From Pardons to Purges: Pressing Questions that Bondi and Patel Must Answer Now (2025-02-15)
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