{"id":2412896,"date":"2025-03-12T17:48:59","date_gmt":"2025-03-12T21:48:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-to-close-doj-corruption-unit-created-after-watergate-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-03-12T17:48:59","modified_gmt":"2025-03-12T21:48:59","slug":"trump-to-close-doj-corruption-unit-created-after-watergate-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-to-close-doj-corruption-unit-created-after-watergate-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump to close DOJ corruption unit created after Watergate &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-to-close-doj-corruption-unit-created-after-watergate-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2412896&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Trump to close DOJ corruption unit created after Watergate<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2023086\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Donald-Trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Trump<\/a> administration is gutting a division at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/department-of-justice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Department of Justice<\/a> that oversees prosecutions of public officials accused of corruption.<\/p>\n<p>Only a small number of employees at the Public Integrity Section, which oversees some of the country&rsquo;s most high-profile and sensitive prosecutions, will remain as prosecutors are being ordered to take other roles within the department. Cases currently assigned to the unit will be reassigned to U.S. attorneys&rsquo; offices across the country.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3345398\/mahmoud-khalil-louisiana-ice-center-judge-rules\/\">Mahmoud Khalil to remain in Louisiana ICE center for now, judge rules<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3344692\/republicans-wage-campaign-against-american-bar-association\/\">Republicans wage campaign against American Bar Association<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3344229\/democrats-judge-amir-trump-order-fec-control\/\">Democrats ask Judge Amir Ali to block Trump order giving him more control over FEC<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Near the end of former President Joe Biden&rsquo;s administration earlier this year, there were about 30 prosecutors in the division, <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/justice-department-public-corruption-unit-cuts-4123347b1ffe4a0f3c681e49a15ab4ca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">according<\/a> to the <em>Associated Press<\/em>. The Public Integrity Section was created in 1976 after the Watergate scandal to oversee criminal prosecutions of federal public corruption cases.<\/p>\n<p>Throughout the 2024 campaign, then-candidate Donald Trump repeatedly claimed the Justice Department was conducting politically motivated criminal investigations of him. The president called for ending the &ldquo;weaponization&rdquo; of the department in an executive order.<\/p>\n<p>The Trump administration&rsquo;s decision to scale back the Public Integrity Section appears to be part of a broader effort to change oversight mechanisms related to government ethics and business practices. Earlier this year, the administration paused enforcement of a decades-old law prohibiting American companies from bribing foreign officials to secure business.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/immigration\/3225950\/deporter-chief-what-expect-trump-promised-mass-deportation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong>WHAT TO EXPECT FROM TRUMP&rsquo;S MASS DEPORTATION PLAN<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Trump administration also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/02\/20\/business\/trump-foreign-influence-election-interference.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">announced<\/a> it will not investigate foreign interference in U.S. elections. The Public Integrity Section oversaw the DOJ&rsquo;s handling of election crimes including voter fraud and campaign finance offenses. Under the Biden administration, it also housed the Election Threats Task Force, which was launched to combat a growing number of violent threats against election workers.<\/p>\n<p>Several officials resigned from the Public Integrity Section last month after the Justice Department&rsquo;s second in command, Emil Bove, ordered prosecutors to drop its corruption charges against New York City Mayor Eric Adams. The division has been without leadership ever since.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2023086\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2023086\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump to close DOJ corruption unit created after Watergate The Trump administration is gutting a division at the Department of Justice that oversees prosecutions of public officials accused of corruption. 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