The Justice Department is moving to drop an overseas bribery case against two former tech executives, in its first retreat from a prosecution targeting foreign corruption since President Donald Trump paused enforcement of a US anti-bribery law.
The decision was revealed Wednesday in a two-page filingsigned by Alina Habba, the former Trump defense attorney whom the president on March 24 tapped as the acting US attorney for New Jersey.
“After consultation with the Office of Attorney General, the government hereby moves to dismiss this matter,” Habba said in a motion in the US District Court for the District of ...
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