Justice Department Reduces Corporate Crime Prosecutions Under Trump
The Trump administration has significantly reduced prosecutions of companies for employee wrongdoing, according to a Wall Street Journal report. The Justice Department recently closed several criminal investigations with lenient outcomes or no charges at all. Specific cases involving Alibaba, EagleBank, and Abbott Laboratories were highlighted where prosecutors declined to charge companies despite evidence of executive or managerial involvement in wrongdoing. In each instance, no individuals were charged. The department maintains that companies are not being let off easy, but the pattern marks a sharp departure from previous enforcement approaches. The article, published by Yahoo Finance on July 20, 2026, was written by Dave Michaels and Sadie Gurman.
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