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Fraudulent Applicants for Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) and a Surge in Criminal Referrals from Small Business Administration
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| (27 Jan 2021) The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) made more criminal referrals to federal
prosecutors at the Department of Justice in FY 2020—a total of 91—than any year in the past two
decades. Referrals began increasing in April 2020 after efforts began to
identify those who submitted fraudulent bank loans under the Paycheck Protection Program
(PPP) established by the CARES Act. SBA referrals also remained higher than usual during the first
three months of FY 2021 (October - December 2020). See more...
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Trump Leaves Biden 1.3 Million Case Backlog in Immigration Courts
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| (19 Jan 2021) When President Donald Trump assumed office, 542,411 people had deportation cases pending before the Immigration Courts. At the start of 2021, that number now stands at 1,290,766—nearly two and a half times the level when Trump assumed office just four years ago. See more...
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When FOIA Goes to Court: 20 Years of Freedom of Information Act Litigation by News Organizations and Reporters
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| (13 Jan 2021) In 2020, news organizations and individual reporters filed 122 different Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuits to compel disclosure of federal government records—more than any year on record according to federal court data back to 2001 analyzed by the FOIA Project. In fact, the media alone have filed a total of 386 FOIA cases during the four years of the Trump Administration, from 2017 through 2020. See more...
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Domestic Terrorism Prosecutions Reach All-Time High in FY 2020
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| (11 Jan 2021) Because of the January 6 attack on the Capitol, the public is highly interested in government's wider enforcement response to acts of domestic terrorism. In fact, last year in the wake of protests surrounding the death of George Floyd at the hands of police, there has been a large jump in federal prosecutions classified as domestic terrorism. See more...
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Civil Lawsuits Decline Overall in October 2020 but Social Security Suits Reach Record Highs
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| (22 Dec 2020) Civil filings in federal court declined in October 2020. New filings had continued to grow during the first part of calendar year 2020 reaching a peak of nearly 60,000 in June, even as federal criminal prosecutions amid the pandemic declined. See more...
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