When incoming political leadership removes or reassigns specialized investigators and prosecutors, active corruption inquiries can be ended not by legal findings but by personnel purge and process interruption. That creates a structural vulnerability where accountability depends on stable institutional staffing, not just rules or evidence.
— Highlights how turnover at the top can convert investigatory momentum into permanent closure, with direct implications for democratic oversight and campaign integrity.
Kirsten Berg
2026.09.23
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ProPublica documents that Trump removed or pushed out the DOJ/FBI agents working the Navatek/Kao case in 2025, after which the corruption review into Senator Collins’ ties ended despite interviews and new allegations in 2022–2024.
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