17 Department of Justice

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All recommendations in this chapter

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1. 549 Review all active FBI investigations and terminate unlawful ones Not started
2. 549 Detail DOJ attorney appointees to catalogue questionable FBI activities Not started
3. 549 Issue a public report on the FBI investigations review Not started
4. 549 Move the FBI out of the Deputy AG's supervision to the Criminal and NSD AAGs Not started
5. 550 Redirect FBI notifications and approvals to the relevant Assistant Attorney General Not started
6. 550 Prohibit the FBI from policing misinformation and disinformation Not started
7. 551 Strip the FBI's Office of General Counsel and move legal services to DOJ Not started
8. 551 Eliminate every FBI office abolishable without Congress Not started
9. 551 Eliminate the FBI's own Offices of Congressional Affairs and Public Affairs Not started
10. 551 Shift FBI resources to field offices and shrink headquarters staff Not started
11. 551 Seek legislation eliminating the FBI Director's 10-year term Needs Congress Not started
12. 552 Require every U.S. Attorney to produce a violent-crime reduction plan Not started
13. 553 Bring federal charges where local prosecutors let criminals evade responsibility Not started
14. 553 Sue local officials and District Attorneys who refuse to prosecute crimes Not started
15. 554 Require line attorneys to pursue mandatory minimums under the ACCA Not started
16. 554 Support the Restoring the Armed Career Criminal Act Needs Congress Not started
17. 554 Carry out federal executions and pursue the death penalty Not started
18. 555 Prosecute interstate drug activity including possession of distributable quantities Not started
19. 555 Aggressively deploy RICO against criminal organizations Not started
20. 555 Finalize the southwestern land border wall Not started
21. 556 Restart the China Initiative Not started
22. 556 Launch public education programs on threats from China and Iran Not started
23. 557 Review all public DOJ policies, investigations, and cases before January 20, 2025 Day one Not started
24. 557 Prepare a plan to end policies, investigations, and cases contrary to law Day one Not started
25. 557 Have appointees repeat the case review upon inauguration Day one Not started
26. 558 End the double standard in the FACE Act prosecution campaign Not started
27. 558 Review all DOJ consent decrees and settlement agreements in force Not started
28. 558 Terminate unnecessary or outdated consent decrees Not started
29. 558 Intervene in matters where old consent decrees still bind parties Not started
30. 558 Act on all cases, including those on appeal, as the review concludes Not started
31. 558 Prohibit settlement payments to third parties Not started
32. 559 Issue guidance aligning litigation decisions with the President's agenda Not started
33. 559 Discipline attorneys who pursue litigation contrary to the President's agenda Not started
34. 560 Seek to overturn Humphrey's Executor v. United States Not started
35. 562 Have DOJ spearhead a government-wide nondiscrimination initiative Not started
36. 562 Reorganize the Civil Rights Division to prosecute DEI discrimination Not started
37. 562 Enforce 18 U.S.C. 1461-1462 against mailed abortion pills Not started
38. 562 Move 18 U.S.C. 241 election prosecutions to the Criminal Division Not started
39. 564 Investigate and prosecute the Pennsylvania Secretary of State under 18 U.S.C. 241 Not started
40. 564 Reject third-party demands for politically motivated investigations Not started
41. 566 Review all federal DOJ grant disbursals Not started
42. 566 Overhaul the DOJ grant application process with stricter vetting Not started
43. 567 Issue guidance to U.S. Attorneys to prosecute immigration offenses Not started
44. 567 Help DHS obtain information on criminal aliens in sanctuary jurisdictions Not started
45. 567 Withdraw or overturn every immigration decision of AG Garland Not started
46. 568 Repromulgate every Trump-era immigration rule through rulemaking Not started
47. 568 Fund adjudication of immigration cases, including under Migrant Protection Protocols Not started
48. 568 Litigate to overturn the Flores Settlement Agreement Not started
49. 568 Enforce anti-discrimination law through the Immigrant and Employee Rights Section Not started
50. 568 Place appointees committed to immigration enforcement across DOJ Not started
51. 568 Create a more vigorous anti-fraud program within EOIR Not started
52. 569 Vastly expand the number of political appointees across DOJ Not started
53. 569 End and recall all nonessential DOJ personnel details Not started
54. 569 Review four years of DOJ misconduct findings and sanctions Not started
55. 570 Review DOJ hiring practices and assess hiring committees for impartiality Not started
56. 570 Consolidate redundant DOJ HR, legal counsel, and public relations functions Not started
57. 570 Put political appointees over each division's public affairs officers Not started
58. 570 Merge the Offices of Legislative Affairs and Public Affairs into one office Not started
59. 570 Review the DOJ organizational chart and reporting chains Not started
60. 571 Seek congressional pay reform for Assistant U.S. Attorneys in the field Needs Congress Not started
61. 571 Refocus the Bureau of Justice Statistics on core crime statistics Not started
62. 571 Bar third-party contractor reports that look like official BJS reports Not started
63. 572 Refocus National Institute of Justice research funding Not started
64. 572 Prioritize and fund the National Crime Victimization Survey Not started

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