The dissolution of KleptoCapture indicates a change in the approach of the Ministry of Justice to Russia if the issues of national security.
The US Department of Justice canceled the working group Kleptocapture, which habalas the property of the Russian oligarchs. She started working during the administration of ex -president Joe Biden as a means of punishing Russia for an invasion of Ukraine, TASR writes according to AP report.
The dissolution of KleptoCapture indicates a change in the approach of the Ministry of Justice to Russia if the issues of national security. At the same time, the Ministry completed the activities of the working group for foreign influence, which belonged to the Federal Investigation Office (FBI). It was created during the first Trump administration to supervise Russia’s influence campaigns and other countries.
In the announcement of all employees, the Office of the Attorney General stated on Wednesday that “lawyers assigned to these initiatives will return to their previous positions and their resources will be devoted to complete elimination of cartels and TCOs (international criminal organizations)”.
Trump’s administration has set her priority to the fight against illegal imports of fentanyl into the US. An overdose of this opioid requires approximately 70,000 deaths per year.
On Wednesday, the Ministry of Justice also changed the approach to the enforcement of the Law from the Second World War on the registration of foreign agents. According to him, people are obliged to notify the government if they lobby in the US on behalf of foreign governments or political entities. However, the prosecutors should now focus on the criminal prosecution of the actions of espionage and not on the registration of registration.
Despite the dissolution of working groups, representatives of Trump’s administration, including the Minister of Finance Scott Bessent, are promoting a stricter attitude towards Russia. Bessent had already said during his approval hearing for stricter sanctions against the export of Russian oil and said that the penalty regime was not sufficient for Biden’s administration.
