Disbanded anti-kleptocracy unit had entangled Trump allies

Disbanded anti-kleptocracy unit had entangled Trump allies

Among those caught up in the Justice Department shake-ups is a group of specialized prosecutors who had ensnared some of the president’s supporters.

So That’s Why the Kleptocracy Asset Recovery Initiative Was Abolished

Thanks to Alexis Loeb’s March 26 Lawfare post, another Trump Administration attack on the global effort to curb corruption has been revealed. Buried in Attorney General Bondi’s February 5 Memorandum making the elimination of drug cartels and transnational criminal organizations the Justice Department’s number one priority, she reports, is an order disbanding the Department’s Kleptocracy Asset Recovery Initiative. Loeb does a fine job of explaini…