Raising the white flag on enforcing anti-bribery laws
Decision to pause Foreign Corrupt Practices Act enforcement stands to benefit unscrupulous actors not honest businesses
Steps by President Trump and Attorney General Bondi to pause and redirect enforcement of overseas bribery laws have called into question the role of the US as a leader of the global anti-corruption fight. The thin justification for interrupting Department of Justice (DOJ) enforcement was that it would eliminate “excessive…