In one of her first major moves as Donald Trump’s Attorney General, Pam Bondi issued a directive ordering the disbandment of the foreign election interference task force. The Foreign Influence Task Force was part of the FBI’s response to foreign interference in the 2016 presidential election,

The Trump administration this week eliminated much of the federal government’s front line of defense against foreign interference in U.S. elections. The move, which follows years of Trump and his allies disputing the role that Russian influence campaigns played in his first successful bid for president,