Talk:Donald Trump achievements: Criminal justice, law enforcement, and other DOJ matters

DOJ and Redskins

The DOJ ended its effort to force the Redskins to change their name.[1] I'm not going to label it as an achievement yet, but it is something interesting to note. --1990'sguy (talk) 13:52, 4 July 2017 (EDT)

AlphaBay -- "the largest dark net marketplace takedown in history"

The DOJ, partnering with Canada, European governments, and Thailand, shut down AlphaBay, which was the largest online black market in existence.[2][3][4] This is definitely an achievement, but because the DOJ partnered with so many other countries, I'm not sure how significant this achievement is to add here. Input would be great. --1990'sguy (talk) 16:18, 20 July 2017 (EDT)

Crime/drug crackdown

While only speeches/op-eds, AG Sessions is taking a strong stance against crime,[5] and he is supported by his deputy, Rod Rosenstein.[6] --1990'sguy (talk) 22:03, 22 July 2017 (EDT)

The DOJ is also reportedly planning on cracking down on illegal drugs.[7] This will be something interesting to watch for. --1990'sguy (talk) 23:20, 23 July 2017 (EDT)

Leak investigations

The DOJ will announce leak investigations soon.[8][9][10] Hopefully we'll see results from them. --1990'sguy (talk) 23:37, 25 July 2017 (EDT)

Unnecessary info

I removed this info as it was not very significant. Many DOJ positions still need Senate confirmation (only three have already been confirmed). --1990'sguy (talk) 00:00, 26 July 2017 (EDT)

Drug prosecutions his a 25-year low

Despite gun crime prosecutions decreasing, drug prosecutions hit a 25-year low. This does not seem like a success (maybe a failure?), but even if it is a failure/success, it does not seem significant enough to me to add. --1990'sguy (talk) 22:38, 28 July 2017 (EDT)

I agree; they may be due to his actions, but even if so, they don't seem very significant. Besides, prosecution could be targeted differently. Instead of Obama taking down 50 drug dealers on the street, Trump could be working back to the source, and taking down three distributors. I'm not saying that this statistic sounds like a good thing, but it depends on too many other factors to count, for better or worse, towards him. --David B ^(TALK) 01:01, 29 July 2017 (EDT)

BOP director

AG Sessions appointed a former Army general to direct the Federal Bureau of Prisons.[11][12][13][14][15] I think this is very good, but I don't see how this is significant enough to add to the article as an achievement. --1990'sguy (talk) 15:12, 1 August 2017 (EDT)

Civil Rights --> Affirmative Action investigation

The DOJ is considering shifting resources from the civil rights department to an investigation on affirmative action.[16][17][18] --1990'sguy (talk) 22:15, 1 August 2017 (EDT)

The DOJ is calling media reports inaccurate.[19] --1990'sguy (talk) 22:44, 2 August 2017 (EDT)

They do appear to be investigating A.A. discrimination, such as against Asian students.[20] --1990'sguy (talk) 15:12, 7 August 2017 (EDT)

If we do eventually add this in some form, it might be worth considering adding it to the "social issues" sub-article rather than this one. --1990'sguy (talk) 15:16, 7 August 2017 (EDT)

Pot crackdown: lack of progress

It seems that the DOJ will not crack down on marijuana, despite most people's expectations that Sessions would crack down on it.[21] However, it is still early -- the DOJ could take moves against marijuana in the future, maybe the near future. --1990'sguy (talk) 22:18, 8 August 2017 (EDT)

Failure to denaturalized illegal immigrants who wrongly received citizenship

The DOJ is saying it is not denaturalizing these people who wrongly received citizenship because it is "too busy with litigation."[22] --1990'sguy (talk) 19:03, 9 August 2017 (EDT)

Capitol Police bill

I removed this info that I had added earlier: August 4, 2017—President Trump signed a bill into law that gave the U.S. Capitol Police Memorial Fund the ability to help its police officers in the case of injury on the line of duty.<ref>Miller, S.A. (August 4, 2017). [http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/aug/4/trump-signs-law-to-aid-wounded-us-capitol-police-o/ Trump signs law to aid wounded U.S. Capitol Police officers]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved August 4, 2017.</ref>

The reason I removed it was because the bill was very minor. It seems like a more technical and minor change and one that is more limited in scope. Of course, conservatives support and should support this change, but it seems too minor on second thought. It only affected Capitol Police.

However, if anyone thinks this bill is significant enough to include and does clearly advance conservative policies, please let me know. --1990'sguy (talk) 22:16, 14 August 2017 (EDT)

Largest crackdown on white supremacist groups in history

The DOJ just finished its largest crackdown on criminal white supremacist groups, with 89 convictions.[23][24][25][26][27][28] This is good news, but most of the investigations took place during the Obama Administration, and the crackdown was started during the administration. Thus, it might not be appropriate to add, but if anyone disagrees, I would be happy to hear the arguments. --1990'sguy (talk) 23:56, 15 August 2017 (EDT)

H2B visa crackdown

User:1990'sguy has added a bullet about DOJ entering into a settlement of a case where US workers got $108,000 in back pay because their employer used H2B visa workers instead. However, as this Washington Times article shows,[29] the Obama Justice Department brought the suit and settled for $115,000 in back pay in March 2016. You need to reword the bullet if you want to use it as a Donald Trump achievement. JDano (talk) 14:49, 17 August 2017 (EDT)