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‘Disturbing’: Study Shows DOJ Prosecutions of White-Collar Criminals Hit All-Time Low Under Trump

“Never has white-collar crime gone so ignored.”

By Jake Johnson, staff writer for Common Dreams. Published 3-6-2020

Rod Blagojevich. Screenshot: ABC7 Chicago

Prosecutions of white-collar criminals by the U.S. Justice Department plunged to an all-time low in January, according to a study published just days after President Donald Trump proclaimed his commitment to “safeguarding the American consumer” and “strengthening our efforts to prevent and prosecute fraud.”

The analysis released Tuesday by Syracuse University’s Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC) found that the Justice Department prosecuted just 359 white-collar criminals in January, a decline of 25% from five years ago. TRAC has been recording data on white-collar prosecutions since 1986. Continue reading

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