Trump's Justice Department ends Biden-era task force aimed at seizing assets of Russian oligarchs

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Trump's Justice Department ends Biden-era task force aimed at seizing assets of Russian oligarchs
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The Trump administration's Justice Department has disbanded a Biden-era program aimed at seizing the assets of Russian oligarchs as a means to punish Russia for its invasion of Ukraine.

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