Why Trump's DOJ Quietly Dropped 23,000 Criminal Cases — Including Terrorism and Fraud

Trump’s DOJ shut down more than 23,000 criminal cases in shift to immigration: report

Administration launched 32,000 immigration cases while Pam Bondi’s Justice Department abandoned hundreds of criminal prosecutions, ProPublica found

Trump's DOJ drops 1,000+ terrorism cases while promising to 'make America safe'

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 cases included an investigation into a Virginia nursing home with a recent record of patient abuse; probes of fraud involving several ...

Bondi Dropped Thousands of Criminal Probes to Investigate Immigrants

The Justice Department dropped thousands of criminal cases last year in an attempt to reorient its efforts—almost singularly—toward winning convictions in cases involving immigrants.Altogether, America’s top law enforcement agency closed some 23,000 criminal cases in the first six months of Donald Trump’s term, which involved investigations into terrorism, white-collar crimes, and drugs, while prosecuting 32,000 new immigration cases, ProPublica…

DOJ Dropped Thousands of Cases While Shifting Focus to Immigration

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Justice Department sharply reduced its criminal caseload in early 2025, closing tens of thousands of investigations as it redirected resources toward immigration enforcement under the Trump administration. According to an analysis by ProPublica, the DOJ declined to prosecute more than 23,000 criminal cases during the first six months of President Donald Trump’s second term. These “declinations” included investigations into…

Why Trump's DOJ quietly dropped 23,000 criminal cases — including terrorism and fraud

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 cases included an investigation into a Virginia nursing home with a recent record of patient abuse; probes of fraud involving…

Trump’s Justice Department Dropped 23,000 Criminal Investigations in Shift to Immigration

Under Attorney General Pam Bondi, the DOJ abandoned a record number of cases — including hundreds of investigations into terrorism, white-collar crime and drugs — in just the first six months of President Donald Trump’s second term.