The Wall Street Journal’s front-page headline on April 15 tells it all: “White Collar Enforcement Recedes Under Trump.”

The article states that Trump's administration "is retreating from some types of white-collar enforcement, including cases involving foreign bribery, public corruption, money laundering and crypto markets. In some cases, the administration is effectively redefining what business conduct constitutes a crime.”

The answer to this policy or political shift is to let “the locals” take over where they can.

Undoubtedly, each time a new administration comes into office, the possibility exists that its Justice Department, and maybe even local U.S. Attorneys’ offices depending on where they are geographically situated, may place greater emphasis on certain types of criminal wrongdoing — be it narcotics, violent crime, health care fraud, corruption, or illegal entry. Investigations over threats to the homeland’s security were at the forefront of the U.S. Justice Department’s prosecution menu in the wake of 9/11, for instance, and illegal entry is always a greater priority for prosecutors near the Southern border.

President Trump’s FBI and Justice Department have emphatically set their focus on “violent” crime.

Both FBI Director Kash Patel and........

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