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Corruption cases have dropped under the Trump Justice Department, continuing a downward trend dating back to the Clinton administration, according to a government watchdog.
Fewer than 400 cases were projected to be brought in fiscal 2018, the first time in 20 years of data that the number has fallen so low, according to the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC).
The Justice Department disputes the TRAC data, though some of its own measures also show a general decline, as experts say the government has siphoned resources to other priorities and prosecutors forgo corruption charges in favor of easier-to-prove cases of perjury, mail fraud or obstruction of justice.
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