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  • President Trump has granted pardons to a growing number of public officials convicted of corruption while also

  • moving to dismantle a federal office that investigates public corruption cases.

  • Trump campaigned on claims the justice system had been weaponized against him

  • and pledged to overhaul parts of the federal government.

  • NPR's Ryan Lucas reports the administration has quietly followed through on many

  • of those promises since returning to office.

  • Smaller states and more rural places, that 's where the public integrity section would step in with resources and expertise

  • and do these cases to hold corrupt state and local officials to account.

  • An example of that is the prosecution of a former police officer in a small town in Pennsylvania who was convicted of bribery

  • and other offenses, including using his position to obtain sex from two women in exchange for favors in prosecutions.

  • That's NPR's Ryan Lucas reporting.

  • The Census Bureau's internal watchdog has launched a review of a field test for the 2030 census

  • in parts of Alabama and South Carolina.