Trump's Justice Department fires head of organized crime drug task force

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The Justice Department fired Adam Cohen, director of the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces, continuing the Trump administration’s pattern of sidelining career civil servants. The dismissal occurred shortly after the DOJ announced a reorganization combining the task force with the Project Safe Neighborhoods Program into ‘Operation Take Back America’.

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[1] Trump's Justice Department fires head of organized crime drug task force · Mar 8, 2025 Tier 1

[2] DOJ drug, organized crime task force chief fired · Mar 8, 2025 Tier 2

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The Cascade Ledger. “Trump's Justice Department fires head of organized crime drug task force.” The Capture Cascade Timeline, March 8, 2025. https://capturecascade.org/event/2025-03-08--trump-s-justice-department-fires-head-of-organized-crime-dru/