Justice Pogrom Update

AG Neuters FCPA, Foreign Influence & Espionage Enforcement

Posted 2/5/25

Her first full day as Attorney General, Pam Bondi issued a raft of policy changes, including a memorandum outlining the new administration's policies on charging, plea negotiations and sentencing.    

Tacked onto the end of the five-page memo, Ms. Bondi continued the purge of the National Security Division, disbanding the Foreign Influence Task Force and the National Security Division's Corporate Enforcement Unit, and instructing the Counterintelligence and Export Control Section to "focus on civil enforcement, regulatory initiatives, and public guidance."

Another memo directs FCPA directs prosecutors to prioritize the investigation drug cartels and transnational criminal organizations (TCOs) and to “shift focus away from cases that do not involve such a connection.”

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