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bigtree

(94,302 posts)
Tue Mar 31, 2026, 08:12 AM Tuesday

Bondi's DOJ dropped 23,000 criminal cases -- incl. hundreds of investigations into terrorism, white-collar crime & drugs

ProPublica @propublica 2h
New: Under AG Pam Bondi, the DOJ has dropped 23,000 criminal cases — including hundreds of investigations into terrorism, white-collar crime and drugs — while prosecuting 32,000 new immigration cases in just the first six months of Trump’s second term.

___In the first days after Pam Bondi was appointed attorney general last year, the Department of Justice began shutting down pending criminal cases at a record pace.

The bulk of these cases, which were closed without prosecution and known as declinations, had been referred to the DOJ by law enforcement agencies under prior administrations that believed a federal crime may have been committed. The DOJ routinely declines to prosecute cases for any number of reasons, including insufficient evidence or because a case is not a priority for enforcement.

But the number of declinations under Bondi marks a striking departure not only from the Biden administration but also the first Trump term, according to the ProPublica analysis, which examined two decades of DOJ data, including the first six months of Trump’s second term. ProPublica determined the increase is not the result of inheriting a larger caseload or more referrals from law enforcement.

In February 2025 alone, which included the first weeks of Bondi’s tenure, nearly 11,000 cases were declined, the most in a month since at least 2004. The previous high was just over 6,500 cases in September 2019, during Trump’s first administration.

read more: https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-doj-immigration-bondi-declinations-criminal-investigations

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Bondi's DOJ dropped 23,000 criminal cases -- incl. hundreds of investigations into terrorism, white-collar crime & drugs (Original Post) bigtree Tuesday OP
K&R spanone Tuesday #1
Congress should look into this. Kid Berwyn Tuesday #2
WHAT ????? popsdenver Tuesday #12
No. I mean Congress should investigate DoJ dropping 23,000 criminal cases. Kid Berwyn Tuesday #15
Sorry, popsdenver Tuesday #24
that's really not true about Dems with a majority bigtree Tuesday #27
Keep the criminals on the street where you can keep an eye on them bucolic_frolic Tuesday #3
As the economy tanks Johonny Tuesday #4
DURec leftstreet Tuesday #5
Deport working people, minding their own business, and let the criminals go free. sinkingfeeling Tuesday #6
They were probably clearing the caseload in preparation for all of the expected political prosecutions. ChicagoTeamster Tuesday #7
Political Persecutions groundloop Tuesday #9
to go after Democrats on trumped up charges samsingh Tuesday #8
GOP is the party of Law & Order. But it's only a performance, like the show on the teevee. No substance.nt Exp Tuesday #10
And then initiated more than that number to go after immigrants. Ironic since Trump family name was Drumpf. nt Evolve Dammit Tuesday #11
That is how she did it here in Florida Oppaloopa Tuesday #13
This kind of incompetenced that's riddled Farmer-Rick Tuesday #14
The Grifter Regime Icanthinkformyself Tuesday #16
That's a lot of work... lame54 Tuesday #17
To digress a little into a local level not fooled Tuesday #18
Of course! White collar criminals are Trump's people. Initech Tuesday #19
That is the main reason for the refusals, I am betting. OldBaldy1701E Wednesday #29
It's simple: If the perp is white and votes R, they won't prosecute ... FakeNoose Tuesday #20
Tough on crime. Sure. n/t SpankMe Tuesday #21
The GOP is soft on crime. nt City Lights Tuesday #22
Huge story, potentially scandalous and corrupt. She will be pardoned of course, but story should be pursued. nt wiggs Tuesday #23
If the prosecutions were underway, there must be court records that state attorneys general could get pat_k Tuesday #25
No criminal left behind. travelingthrulife Tuesday #26
Of course they did. They are incompetent, unprofessional, and focused solely on retribution against Trump's critics. Martin68 Tuesday #28

Kid Berwyn

(24,439 posts)
2. Congress should look into this.
Tue Mar 31, 2026, 08:15 AM
Tuesday

And if the GOP ignores it, we Democrats should bang it like a Drumpf.

Kid Berwyn

(24,439 posts)
15. No. I mean Congress should investigate DoJ dropping 23,000 criminal cases.
Tue Mar 31, 2026, 02:32 PM
Tuesday

As for Congress not investigating: That's not just on Trump's minions' radar as they follow the orange head shit's orders.

So, seeing how the GOP majority won't, We the Democrats must pick up the slack and verbalize why it matters.

Why do you think I'm being sarcastic, popsdenver? These are the most perilous times I can remember.

popsdenver

(2,319 posts)
24. Sorry,
Tue Mar 31, 2026, 06:13 PM
Tuesday

I just couldn't think you were thinking that Congress, a wholly owned subsidiary of Republicans Inc., would listen to any Dems about this, much less about anything else......They have proven that, time after time, forever............

and anyways I wouldn't count on the 200+ Dems saying much more about it, except maybe a few of the vocal ones, like Bernie, AOC, Newsome.......

bigtree

(94,302 posts)
27. that's really not true about Dems with a majority
Tue Mar 31, 2026, 08:54 PM
Tuesday

...they don't need any encouragement to investigate republican corruption when they have the actual power to subpoena and hold meaningful hearings with a legislative goal.

But, no one is ignoring this.

Senate Judiciary Democrats 🇺🇸 @JudiciaryDems
BREAKING: DOJ dropped 23,000 criminal cases, including investigations into drugs and terrorism, in the Trump Administration’s first six months.
4:20 PM · Mar 31, 2026

Senator Dick Durbin @SenatorDurbin 4h
Tens of thousands of cases, including investigations into drug trafficking, white-collar crime, and terrorism have been dropped by the Trump Administration to make way for its mass deportation campaign. Americans are less safe because of the President’s anti-immigrant agenda.





bucolic_frolic

(55,217 posts)
3. Keep the criminals on the street where you can keep an eye on them
Tue Mar 31, 2026, 08:33 AM
Tuesday

and they can teach more people how to crime.

Johonny

(26,205 posts)
4. As the economy tanks
Tue Mar 31, 2026, 08:36 AM
Tuesday

Crime will spike. Meanwhile the amount of White collar fraud is a ticking time bomb.

Trump is creating the America he lied about Biden creating.

ChicagoTeamster

(984 posts)
7. They were probably clearing the caseload in preparation for all of the expected political prosecutions.
Tue Mar 31, 2026, 11:23 AM
Tuesday

Exp

(962 posts)
10. GOP is the party of Law & Order. But it's only a performance, like the show on the teevee. No substance.nt
Tue Mar 31, 2026, 01:39 PM
Tuesday

Evolve Dammit

(21,785 posts)
11. And then initiated more than that number to go after immigrants. Ironic since Trump family name was Drumpf. nt
Tue Mar 31, 2026, 02:00 PM
Tuesday

Farmer-Rick

(12,683 posts)
14. This kind of incompetenced that's riddled
Tue Mar 31, 2026, 02:28 PM
Tuesday

Throughout the pedo Trump administration, is why I worry about Iran being successful in a terrorist attack on US soil.

Icanthinkformyself

(389 posts)
16. The Grifter Regime
Tue Mar 31, 2026, 02:40 PM
Tuesday

has found another way to steal. I wonder what the average bribe was. Maybe it was dependent upon the crime(s) committed, the ability to pay the bribe (use of the proceeds of the crime(s) is acceptable and preferred) and the overall degeneracy of the 'perp'. Pedophiles get a free ride.

not fooled

(6,688 posts)
18. To digress a little into a local level
Tue Mar 31, 2026, 02:51 PM
Tuesday

I used to live in a town in SW AZ that was run by a local kakistocracy of old families and grifting politicians. The government was immensely corrupt. The citizenry was ignorant, apathetic, and cowed by fear of local government and law enforcement. There was no effective local media to explain to the populace what was going on. The system of controlling families, government, and law enforcement was a closed system that was basically impervious to change through e.g. electoral politics. The result was an ugly patchwork of irresponsible development, sketchy services, and lack of public accountability, so the locals suffered because of the corrupt politics.

My point is that there was literally no way to change or improve the situation without outside intervention. The FBI would have been the logical choice to come in, investigate, and try to clean up the mess. But, when the FBI is directed away from combating corruption, there is literally no way to improve things. That's where we are now. Trump's Amerikkka.

OldBaldy1701E

(11,184 posts)
29. That is the main reason for the refusals, I am betting.
Wed Apr 1, 2026, 07:46 AM
Wednesday

The immigration stuff is a smokescreen. They are trying to remove the threat of criminal charges and civil litigation from their cronies.

'White collar' crime is the worst. The punishments never approach the level of severity for the crimes. They usually get off with a little slap on the wrist.

UNLESS you are Bernie Madoff.

wiggs

(8,817 posts)
23. Huge story, potentially scandalous and corrupt. She will be pardoned of course, but story should be pursued. nt
Tue Mar 31, 2026, 05:39 PM
Tuesday

pat_k

(13,394 posts)
25. If the prosecutions were underway, there must be court records that state attorneys general could get
Tue Mar 31, 2026, 07:21 PM
Tuesday

There are undoubtedly many that could be pursued by states in which the crimes were committed.

And then perhaps states could sue Pam Bondi/Justice Dept for costs of convictions -- and for damages associated with enabling additional crimes. Further investigation of the circumstances under which a case was dropped would undoubtedly turn up crimes for which she, and others, could be prosecuted by a state.

There would be no pardons for that shit

Martin68

(27,776 posts)
28. Of course they did. They are incompetent, unprofessional, and focused solely on retribution against Trump's critics.
Tue Mar 31, 2026, 09:39 PM
Tuesday

Like the DOJ of any authoritarian dictatorship.

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