Overview

• Pam Bondi, recently sworn in as US Attorney General, has dissolved the Foreign Influence Task Force, previously tasked with enforcing the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA).
• The Justice Department will now limit FARA enforcement to cases resembling traditional espionage by foreign governments, citing resource reallocation to other priorities.
• Bondi also ended the KleptoCapture Task Force, which was established in 2022 to enforce sanctions against Russia following its invasion of Ukraine.
• New initiatives include a department to investigate the October 2023 Hamas attack on Israel and a review of alleged misuse of the Justice Department under the Biden administration.
• Additional policy shifts include reinstating the federal death penalty, dismantling diversity promotion programs, and redirecting focus toward irregular migration and other domestic concerns.