From Quartz.

A Public Citizen report says federal agencies canceled or froze enforcement actions against 166 corporations in the first year of Donald Trump’s second term, a scope the group calls “dramatic”. The report cites Ripple’s $4.9 million inaugural donation, after which the SEC dropped its appeal and settled for $125 million. It also notes a pardon for Trevor Milton erasing more than $660 million in restitution and the dismissal of an EEOC pregnancy discrimination case against Amazon after an April 2025 executive order limiting disparate impact analysis. Additional details include ties involving Pam Bondi and Brian Ballard. The findings align with a December 2025 Wall Street Journal investigation on reduced white-collar enforcement and a six-month freeze.

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