December 31: FBI taking on public corruption

As we wrap up 2025, your @FBI has an update for you on our efforts to crush public corruption and restore trust in federal law enforcement.

This is one of the most important efforts we’ve undertaken at the Bureau. You deserve to have confidence in your public officials - and to know that justice will be applied without fear or favor. That has not been the case in recent history. We have been working day and night to rebuild that confidence.

These are very much ongoing investigations - much of which we cannot discuss publicly out of respect for the investigative process, Constitutional presumption of innocence, and the judicial process. Equally - there are many public corruption investigations going on as we speak that the public may know very little about - or even none at all.

In less than a year, here is some of what we’ve undertaken:

-James Comey, former FBI Director, indicted for allegedly lying to Congress during a 2020 Congressional hearing. This is an ongoing case.

-Leticia James, New York AG, indicted in October for allegedly committing bank fraud and making false statements to a financial institution.

-Judge Hannah Dugan out of Wisconsin, indicted and convicted for felony obstruction - impeding federal immigration authorities attempting to detain an illegal immigrant. The Judge is awaiting sentencing.

-In Mississippi, 20 indictments - including 14 Mississippi current and former law enforcement officials - on charges of drug trafficking and bribery.

-Linda Sun, a former senior aide to Governors Kathy Hochul and Andrew Cuomo in New York, indicted for allegedly taking bribes from China. This is an ongoing trial.

-U.S. Representative Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, indicted on multiple federal charges including money laundering and conspiracy to steal federal disaster funds.

-Former Ambassador John Bolton, indicted on 18 federal charges, including unlawful retention and transmission of classified material.

-In the Minnesota fraud investigation, 78 indicted, 57 convicted in the investigation of public corruption and misuse of taxpayer funds. Between late May 2025 and December 2025, we have had 16 open investigations into approximately 32 healthcare and homecare providers accused of fraud. This remains very much an ongoing investigation.

-Dana Williamson, Governor Gavin Newsom’s former chief of staff, indicted on federal public corruption charges including conspiracy to commit wire fraud and bank fraud.

-New Orleans Mayor Latoya Cantrell, indicted on 11 federal charges for allegedly misusing public funds.

-Even here, at your FBI, we dismantled the corrupt CR-15 squad that had been caught blatantly weaponizing law enforcement and politically targeting individuals. That unit no longer exists, and those responsible have been removed.

Dismantling public corruption is a top priority of our leadership team here - we’ve worked day and night on that mission and will continue to do so until justice is done.