Has The Federal Government Given Up On White-Collar Crime?

There are a lot fewer federal white-collar prosecutions afoot.

Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day!

According to data collected by the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse at Syracuse University, the Justice Department is on track for 4,727 while-collar criminal prosecutions in 2021. Since 2011, by what percentage has white-collar prosecutions declined?

Hint: The Biden administration under Merrick Garland doesn’t seem inclined to reverse the trend of declining prosecutions of white-collar crime.

See the answer on the next page.

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