Republicans Are Dismantling a Key Tool in the War Against Kleptocrats

Republicans Are Dismantling a Key Tool in the War Against Kleptocrats

For the past 18 months, nearly all of the efforts to demolish America’s anti-corruption architecture have come from one source: the White House. Under President Trump, it was the White House that announced both the elimination of task forces specifically tasked with tackling kleptocracy and a pause on enforcing the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. The Trump administration has also transformed everything from white-collar prosecutions to presidenti…