Published on: Tuesday, August 11, 2020

In a recent article titled Trump Oversees All-Time Low in White Collar Crime Enforcement (8/10/20), by Patricia Hurtado, Chris Dolmetsch, Clare Roth and David Voreacos, Bloomnews reports a significant decline in white collar crime enforcement during the Trump administration:

The average annual number of white collar defendants was down 26% to 30% for Trump’s first three years in office from the average under President Barack Obama, according to data from the Justice Department and Syracuse University, respectively. The trend also shows up in fines on corporations, which fell 76% from Obama’s last 20 months to Trump’s first 20 months, according to Duke University law professor Brandon Garrett.