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Taylor Odisho

Pam Bondi Disbands DOJ's Anti-Corruption Task Force, Will Use Seized Fund to Build Detention Centers: Report

The Trump administration closed the DOJ's anti-corruption task force on Thursday. (Credit: Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

A report found that newly appointed Attorney General Pam Bondi disbanded the Department of Justice's (DOJ) anti-corruption task force and the Trump administration will use the seized fund to build detention centers in Texas and Guantanamo Bay.

Bondi sent an email to DOJ employees Thursday night, informing them that the Kleptocracy Initiative, its KleptoCapture Task Force and the Kleptocracy Asset Recovery Initiative would be closed immediately. She framed the closure as step toward realizing Trump's executive order, "Designating Cartels And Other Organizations As Foreign Terrorist Organizations And Specially Designated Global Terrorists."

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