Bondi ends FBI effort to combat foreign influence in US politics (1 Viewer)

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    Ken Dilanian | NBC News

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    In a little noticed directive on her first day in office, Attorney General Pam Bondi ordered a halt to a years-old federal law enforcement effort to combat secret influence campaigns by China, Russia and other adversaries that try to curry favor and sow chaos in American politics.

    Buried on the fourth page of one of 14 policy memos issued by Bondi on Wednesday, the order disbands the FBI’s Foreign Influence Task Force and pares back penalties for violating the Foreign Agents Registration Act, despite years of warnings by U.S. intelligence agencies...

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