Chapter 17 - Department of Justice

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Conduct an immediate review of all major active FBI investigations and activities.
Realign FBI's placement within the DOJ, placing it under supervision of the Criminal Division and National Security Division.
Prohibit FBI from engaging in activities related to combating misinformation and disinformation by Americans.
Streamline non-law enforcement functions within the FBI, such as its Office of General Counsel.
Emphasize, fund, and reward FBI field offices while shrinking headquarters staff.
Submit legislation to eliminate the 10-year term for the FBI Director.
Require U.S. Attorneys to develop plans to reduce violent crime in their districts.
Enhance federal focus and resources in jurisdictions deemed to have "rule-of-law deficiencies."
Pursue policies and legislation encouraging prosecution of violent crimes and appropriate sentences.
Enforce the death penalty where applicable.
Revitalize use of statutory tools for dealing with criminal organizations.
Secure the border and take aggressive approach to tackling criminal organizations at the border.
Restart the China Initiative.
Pursue programs to educate about threats from actors like China and Iran.
Review and eliminate "lawless" policies, investigations, and cases.
Terminate unnecessary or outdated consent decrees.
Enact policies prohibiting settlement payments to third parties.
Issue guidance to ensure litigation decisions are consistent with the President's agenda.
Affirm separation of powers and potentially seek overruling of Humphrey's Executor v. United States.
Reassign responsibility for prosecuting election-related offenses from Civil Rights Division to Criminal Division.
Reorganize and refocus the Civil Rights Division.
Announce campaign to enforce criminal prohibitions against providers and distributors of abortion pills using mail.
Reject third-party requests for politically motivated investigations or prosecutions.
Overhaul DOJ grant application and distribution process.
Issue guidance emphasizing importance of prosecuting immigration offenses.
Examine and consider withdrawing immigration decisions rendered by previous administration.
Pursue promulgation of immigration-related rules from previous administration.
Commit resources to adjudication of immigration court cases.
Pursue proactive litigation to advance restrictive immigration policies.
Ensure deployment of appointees committed to immigration-related missions throughout DOJ.
Pursue more vigorous anti-fraud program within Executive Office for Immigration Review.
Increase number of political appointees throughout DOJ.
End non-essential details of DOJ personnel.
Review personnel sanctions and disciplinary actions from previous four years.
Review DOJ hiring practices.
Explore consolidation of various DOJ components and offices for efficiency.
Review and potentially change reporting structures within DOJ.
Seek legislative changes for Assistant U.S. Attorneys' compensation.
Refocus Bureau of Justice Statistics and National Institute of Justice on core statistics and research.