'Zeroed out': Trump plans to shut down critical crime unit -- and no one knows why

[turbinetree]

By Matthew Chapman
Published May 5, 2025 10:01AM ET

President Donald Trump's administration is moving to shut down a critical Department of Justice unit fighting organized crime and drug trafficking that dates all the way back to the Reagan administration, Bloomberg News reported — and there doesn't seem to be any clear reason why.

The leaders of this unit, known as the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces (OCDETF), received notice that all operations must wind down by September 30, and "An email sent last Monday by a DOJ budget analyst to a counterpart at OCDETF said that the unit’s fiscal year 2026 budget would be 'zeroed out' and the independent office dissolved, according to records obtained by Bloomberg News in response to a Freedom of Information Act request and the people familiar with the matter."

All office leases and other operations will be canceled as well.

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-organized-crime/

Well look at how a fraudster got elected, well look at his attorney general that gave him money illegally.............and the best giving pardons to people that wanted to overthrow a duly elected government and getting a invite to schmooze with him at his home .................the list goes on and on..............

[Norrrm]

1. What happened to all the concern about fentanyl?

[niyad]

2. hmmmm. . because some of his buddies, or spawn three, risk exposure?

[RoeVWade]

3. I think he is more interested in seeing more prison space, than actual crime fighting. He needs space to imprison

people not exercise proper law enforcement.

[Captain Zero]

6. Just letting A1 scan all tattoos ?

And imprison people with drug tattoos?

[3Hotdogs]

17. It's simple. I'm surprised you didn't figure it out all by yourself. When Alcatraz is opened, all the criminals will be

on that island. And if they are all on that island, why would you need to waste money looking for criminals?

[biocube]

4. Maybe the Mexican drug cartels bought millions in Trump memecoins.

NT.

[GoCubsGo]

5. Oh, please. Anyone with a functioning brain knows why.

Criminals don't want "critical" crime units to exist. He's assuring that they don't come after him, or expose him in anyway.

[Captain Zero]

8. Will this close down local task forces?

Where I live we have local drug task forces that will combine 3-5 counties and cities therein, does this leave those hanging with no funds and no FBI and DEA joint support?


Something tells me it does.

[FuzzyRabbit]

20. "Criminals don't want "critical" crime units to exist."

Bingo!

[2naSalit]

7. Three guesses as to why...

The first two don't count.

[bucolic_frolic]

9. Smuggling

If you control the borders and emasculate the prosecutors there's not much impedance.

[spanone]

10. Because trmp is an organized crime boss.

[blm]

11. It further protects the powerful Russian mobs working for Putin.

The ‘no one knows why’ line is utter horzhit.

[Kid Berwyn]

12. Wow! Wha-Who, uh, knew, uh, man?

Link to tweet

[calimary]

34. Once a jerk, always a jerk.

Junior is NOTHING without Daddy’s money keeping him afloat.

[Ford_Prefect]

13. So much for protecting us from foreign drug trafficking across our borders. If you're not gonna stop them here.....

Obviously it will now become a pay to play operation with DJT as the gateway troll. "Cross my palm before you cross that border", will be the order of the day.

Of course that does fit with his Totally Tariffs motif, too.

[relayerbob]

14. We all know why

He's been involved in organized crime for 40+ years. Protecting himself, his family and his colleagues (ie, people who owe him, or that he owes).

[JHB]

15. So who exactly is defunding the police? Surprise, it's not lefties.

As a child of the 70's, it's like a bingo card of all the right's favorite accusations about liberals and Democrats (but were never true) turned into reality by the accusers. Classic "when you point a finger at someone, you point three back at yourself."

Republicans are:

Soft on crime
Weak on defense
Fiscally irresponsible
Wasteful
For unilateral disarmament
Get their marching orders straight from the Kremlin

[Initech]

19. They're not just soft on crime. They're the crooks!

[underpants]

26. Yes this is Defunding the Police

Great post.

[Hotler]

16. Russian mob. nt

[Initech]

18. I'm guessing one of his ass kissing cronies told him to.

[FoggyLake]

21. Obviously, Trump intends to enable his forthcoming crime spree.

[Figarosmom]

22. I guess we now know

What business he's looking to get into. Maybe a deal with El Salvador or some middle Eastern country? Afghanistan?

[JT45242]

23. but he is all about the fentanyl problem... right....

If you want to stop fentanyl and other opioids it would seem that an organized crime drug task force would be the ideal group to do that work.

lying sack of shit.

But a lot of Russian mobsters will be happy.

[sop]

24. Whatever the reason, there's got to be money in it for Trump and his partners in crime.

[Joinfortmill]

25. Maybe he's going into the drug business...

Or wants to create chaos so he can declare Martial Law. With him, it's nothing good.

[underpants]

27. Great explanations here but this could also just be a DOGE F up

They really don’t know what they are doing.

[Renew Deal]

28. Imagine if Biden or Obama did this?

We'd never hear the end of it.

[travelingthrulife]

29. Maybe because he leads an organized crime syndicate?

[RockRaven]

30. Everyone knows why -- b/c he's a fucking criminal and so are his minions.

[Irish_Dem]

31. Of course we know why he wants to shut down an organized crime and drug police task force.

Most dictators have links to drug and sex trafficking as a big source of revenue.
And they act as goon squads as needed.

Trump is running a crime syndicate, why would he want someone investigating his operation?

Also the PutinGOP goal is to make the US more violent, drug addicted, etc.
To show that democracy is a bad form of govt.

[ananda]

32. I guess there can't be any crime if he gets rid of all the migrants...

and all the people he doesn't like.

Right.

[CousinIT]

33. Because the Trump admin is a crime syndicate. n/t