President Donald Trump’s foreign aid freeze has suspended Justice Department overseas investigators from pursuing the same targets his administration says it prioritizes as top threats.
Hundreds of DOJ prosecutors, agents, contractors, and local staff targeting migrant smugglers, tracing the money flows of cartels and fentanyl traffickers, and identifying emerging terrorist threats have been ordered to stand down as a result of Trump’s 90-day global spending pause, said 10 current and former department employees.
This less-visible fallout from Trump’s executive order played out as newly installed senior Justice Department leader, Emil Bove, identified fentanyl, cartels, and other transnational crime as among ...
Learn more about Bloomberg Law or Log In to keep reading:
See Breaking News in Context
Bloomberg Law provides trusted coverage of current events enhanced with legal analysis.
Already a subscriber?
Log in to keep reading or access research tools and resources.