After signing the Epstein Files Transparency Act, the Trump administration's DOJ missed legal deadlines, secretly re-redacted files, and withheld documents containing allegations that Trump sexually abused a minor — prompting a UN finding that the crimes described may amount to crimes against humanity, bipartisan congressional subpoenas of AG Bondi, and calls for a special counsel over alleged perjury.
UN Human Rights Council-mandated experts stated in February 2026 that the crimes documented in the Epstein files — sexual slavery, trafficking, torture of women and girls — are 'so grave' in 'scale, nature, systematic character, and transnational reach' that they 'may reasonably meet the legal threshold of crimes against humanity.'
The Trump DOJ missed the 30-day legal deadline to release files, released only about 3.5 million of over 6 million responsive pages, and applied extensive redactions to names of powerful individuals — violating the Epstein Files Transparency Act.
DOGE accessed Treasury, OPM, and SSA databases containing millions of Americans' personal data without authorization or completed background checks. Federal judges ordered data disgorged and deleted, finding Privacy Act and APA violations, though the Supreme Court later partially reversed.
DOGE staff were granted access to Treasury's central payment system (handling trillions in tax refunds, Social Security benefits, and veterans' benefits), OPM personnel databases, and SSA systems containing Americans' most sensitive personal data.
A federal judge found DOGE staffers were given access before background checks were completed or inter-agency detail agreements were finalized, violating the Privacy Act and Administrative Procedure Act.
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Updated March 25, 2026Corruption & Self-Dealing
Major Abuse of PowerOngoingOfficial executive action
A systematic pattern of pardons benefiting political allies, donors, and financial criminals. Over half of 88 clemency grants went to white-collar offenders, erasing $1.3 billion in victim restitution. Twenty corrupt politicians were pardoned. The DOJ's Public Integrity Section — responsible for investigating corruption — has been largely dismantled, and the head of the Pardon Attorney's office was fired and replaced with a political loyalist.
More than half of 88 individual pardons through January 2026 went to people convicted of white-collar crimes — money laundering, bank fraud, wire fraud, and tax evasion are among the most frequent offenses pardoned.
House Judiciary Democrats calculated that Trump's pardons erased $1.3 billion in victim repayment and taxpayer recovery for Medicare fraud, tax fraud, and other financial crimes.