How Trump’s Justice Department has gutted the government’s ability to chase public corruption

 https://edition.cnn.com/2025/02/14/politics/corruption-justice-department-trump-new-york

Since Inauguration Day, the Justice Department has paused all investigations into corporate foreign bribery, curtailed enforcement of a foreign agent registration law and deemphasized the criminal prosecutions of Russian oligarchs. And senior administration officials have considered eliminating the Department’s Public Integrity Section, which investigates and prosecutes alleged misconduct by federal, state and local public officials.

At the same time, President Donald Trump has fired inspectors general from more than a dozen federal agencies.