Trump orders Justice Department to stop enforcing foreign anti-bribery law Trump orders Attorney General Pam Bondi to pause enforcement of Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.
President Donald Trump has directed the Department of Justice to stop enforcing a nearly century-old law that prohibits American corporations from bribing foreign government officials to advance their own financial interests.
While Trump’s new order suspends enforcement of anti-corruption law against American corporations, the action was just one of several recent actions he’s taken to weaken enforcement of ethics laws since returning to office nearly a month ago.
At the same time, Trump also told reporters he was issuing a pardon of former Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich, a former Democratic elected official who the president had freed from prison by commuting his 14-year sentence during his first term in the White House.
As reporters watched him in the Oval Office on Monday, Trump signed the document, which directs Attorney General Pam Bondi to stop enforcing the 1934 law until she issues new enforcement guidelines.
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