Enforcement

DOJ dissolves National Cryptocurrency Enforcement Team under Trump directive

| Importance: 8/10

Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche issued April 7 memo dissolving NCET “effective immediately,” ending Biden-era crypto enforcement unit established 2021-2022. DOJ shifted from “regulation by prosecution” to crypto-friendly approach, explicitly stating it won’t pursue …

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Wells Fargo Hires SEC Enforcement Chief Two Weeks Before Representing Bank in Pending Cases

| Importance: 8/10

An enforcement branch chief in the SEC’s San Francisco office left the agency in May 2010 to become in-house counsel at Wells Fargo & Co. Less than two weeks after joining Wells Fargo, she filed six disclosure statements indicating she would be representing the bank in connection with …

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Operation Gatekeeper Launches Clinton Border Militarization, Funneling Migrants to Deadly Terrain

| Importance: 8/10

The Clinton administration launches Operation Gatekeeper, deploying additional Border Patrol agents, surveillance equipment, and barriers along the San Diego sector of the U.S.-Mexico border. Immigration and Naturalization Service Commissioner Doris Meissner implements the “prevention through …

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