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"Senate moves forward with Trump pick for DOJ ‘fraud enforcement’ chief," by Benjamin S. Weiss, Courthouse News Service, March 19, 2026
"Trump Administration Upends Prosecution of White-Collar Crime," by Dave Michaels, Sadie Gurman, and Aruna Viswanatha, Wall Street Journal, December 31, 2025
"How the IRS’ crime-fighting force took on immigration and other issues in 2025," Fatima Hussein, Associated Press, December 11, 2025
"Trump targets enemies using mortgage records, a threat to D.C. elite," by Rachel Siegel and Aaron Schaffer, Washington Post, October 24, 2025
"Democrats warn Trump team against ‘weaponizing’ the IRS," by Jacob Bogage, Washington Post, October 22, 2025
"Federal fraud after Kousisis," by Richard Cooke, SCOTUSblog, July 07, 2025
"White-collar attorneys see acute changes under Trump administration," by Amanda Robert, ABA Journal, April 23, 2025
"Trump Administration Retreats From White-Collar Criminal Enforcement," by Dave Michaels, Richard Vanderford, and James Fanelli, Wall Street Journal, April 13, 2025
"Criminalizing Losses in Hindsight: The Government Overreaches in Prosecuting Shetty," by David Thompson, Lawyer Herald, April 04, 2025
"The Dangers of Prosecutorial Overreach: The Shetty Case," Marketplace Contributor Content, March 20, 2025
"Supreme Court divided over government contracting fraud conviction," by Ann E. Marimow, Washington Post, December 09, 2024
"Justice Department launches corporate whistleblower awards program," by David Nakamura, Washington Post, August 01, 2024
"Targeting white-collar crime, Justice Dept. seeks more whistleblowers," by David Nakamura, Washington Post, July 09, 2024
"High court limits anti-bribery law for state, local officials," by Ryan Knappenberger and Kelsey Reichmann, Courthouse News Service, June 26, 2024
"Editorial: Indiana’s private-for-profit asset forfeiture scheme undermines justice," Los Angeles Times, May 02, 2024
