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Which FBI or Justice Department plan ideas have actually happened since January 2025?

Research question: What changes to the Justice Department or FBI proposed in the plan have actually happened since January 2025?

The records show several Justice Department changes that took effect after January 2025, but none of the verified facts ties them to a specific Project 2025 proposal. The Title VI disparate-impact regulations were rescinded, effective December 10, 2025 15, and the Office of the Executive Secretariat was folded into the Justice Management Division on December 29, 2025 310. The Tax Division's functions were transferred to the Civil and Criminal Divisions, effective December 9, 2025 1618, and the Board of Immigration Appeals was being reduced through retirements and other measures as of April 2025 2. The facts do not report that Project 2025's proposed end of consent decrees 24 or its call to halt investigations of lawful groups 25 has been carried out, and the state bar complaint rule remains only a proposal 8. The newest fact is dated September 25, 2026, roughly a few weeks before today 32, so the record is current but incomplete.

Checked 2026-10-23. Only documented and supported facts are used.
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[1] documented
The Justice Department issued a final rule amending its Title VI regulations to eliminate disparate-impact liability, which is an actual change rather than a proposal.
"By this rule, the Department of Justice amends its regulations implementing Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (``Title VI'') to eliminate disparate-impact liability."
Rescinding Portions of Department of Justice Title VI Regulations To Conform More Closely With the Statutory Text and To Implement Executive Order 14281 (Justice Department, 2025-12-10)
[2] documented
As of the April 2025 rule, the reduction in Board of Immigration Appeals size was being carried out through retirements, voluntary reassignments, the government-wide deferred-resignation program, and a reduction-in-force measure.
"has been implemented through a combination of retirements, voluntary reassignments, the recent government-wide deferred-resignation program, and a reduction-in-force measure."
Reducing the Size of the Board of Immigration Appeals (Justice Department, Executive Office for Immigration Review, 2025-04-14)
[3] documented
The Justice Department finalized a rule eliminating the Office of the Executive Secretariat as a separate office and moving its functions into the Justice Management Division.
"This rule amends the Department's organizational regulations by eliminating the Office of the Executive Secretariat as a separate office and consolidating its functions within the Justice Management Division."
Office of the Attorney General; Consolidation of the Office of the Executive Secretariat Into the Justice Management Division (Justice Department, 2025-12-29)
[4] supported
The document does not report any changes that have already taken effect; it describes a proposed rule, which the Department says would formalize a review process it had already been following in practice until recently.
"formalize a process--abided by in practice if not mandated by law until recently--for the Department to review allegations against its attorneys before the bar disciplinary authorities may undertake any investigative steps"
Review of State Bar Complaints and Allegations Against Department of Justice Attorneys (Justice Department, 2026-03-05)
[5] documented
The rule took effect on December 10, 2025, the same day it was published.
"The rule is effective on December 10, 2025."
Rescinding Portions of Department of Justice Title VI Regulations To Conform More Closely With the Statutory Text and To Implement Executive Order 14281 (Justice Department, 2025-12-10)
[6] documented
The rule rescinds the earlier establishment of the Office of the Executive Secretariat as a separate component, restoring its functions to a staff within the Justice Management Division.
"this rule rescinds the prior establishment of OES as a separate component. This rule restores its functions to a staff within the Justice Management Division, which had formerly performed those functions prior to the August 17, 2023, establishment of OES."
Office of the Attorney General; Consolidation of the Office of the Executive Secretariat Into the Justice Management Division (Justice Department, 2025-12-29)
[7] supported
FBI Director Kash Patel plans to gut an office after purging hundreds of agents who were deemed insufficiently loyal to President Donald Trump.
"FBI Director Kash Patel plans to gut an office after purging hundreds of agents who were deemed to be insufficiently loyal to President Donald Trump."
Keystone Kash Patel’s Secret FBI Purge Plot Exposed
[8] supported
The Department's changes are only a notice of proposed rulemaking, so the new 28 CFR 77.5 is not yet in force as of the publication date.
"ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking."
Review of State Bar Complaints and Allegations Against Department of Justice Attorneys (Justice Department, 2026-03-05)
[9] documented
The rule's revisions were made to implement changes directed by Executive Order 14281.
"In addition, these revisions implement changes directed in Executive Order 14281."
Rescinding Portions of Department of Justice Title VI Regulations To Conform More Closely With the Statutory Text and To Implement Executive Order 14281 (Justice Department, 2025-12-10)
[10] documented
The consolidation took effect on December 29, 2025, the same day the rule was published.
"DATES: Effective December 29, 2025."
Office of the Attorney General; Consolidation of the Office of the Executive Secretariat Into the Justice Management Division (Justice Department, 2025-12-29)
[11] documented
Executive Order 14281 directed all agencies to deprioritize enforcement of statutes and regulations that include disparate-impact liability, including the Justice Department's Title VI disparate-impact regulations.
"Executive Order 14281 also directed all agencies to ``deprioritize enforcement of all statutes and regulations to the extent they include disparate-impact liability,'' including specifically the Department's Title VI disparate-impact regulations."
Rescinding Portions of Department of Justice Title VI Regulations To Conform More Closely With the Statutory Text and To Implement Executive Order 14281 (Justice Department, 2025-12-10)
[12] documented
The Justice Department's regulation listing its components was amended to remove the Office of the Executive Secretariat from the table of department components.
"In Sec. 0.1, amend table 1 by removing the entry for ``Office of the Executive Secretariat.''"
Office of the Attorney General; Consolidation of the Office of the Executive Secretariat Into the Justice Management Division (Justice Department, 2025-12-29)
[13] documented
The Department of Justice has reorganized by dividing the responsibilities of the Tax Division between the Civil Division and the Criminal Division.
"The Treasury Department, IRS, and the TTB have been made aware that the Department of Justice has modified its organizational structure to divide the responsibilities of the Tax Division between the Civil Division and Criminal Division of the Department of Justice."
Updating Regulation References To Reflect Reorganizations at the Department of Justice and the Internal Revenue Service (Treasury Department, Internal Revenue Service, 2025-12-15)
[14] documented
The reorganization of the Department of Justice and the IRS is already in effect as of the publication date.
"The changes to the organizational structure of the Department of Justice and the IRS are already in effect."
Updating Regulation References To Reflect Reorganizations at the Department of Justice and the Internal Revenue Service (Treasury Department, Internal Revenue Service, 2025-12-15)
[15] documented
Regulations are being updated to direct checks for tax claims settled in litigation to the Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Division of the Department of Justice.
"Checks in payment of claims which have either been reduced to judgment or settled in the course or as a result of litigation will be drawn in the name of the person or persons entitled to the money and will be sent to the Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Division of the Department of Justice, or such person's designee, for delivery to the taxpayer or the counsel of record in the court proc"
Updating Regulation References To Reflect Reorganizations at the Department of Justice and the Internal Revenue Service (Treasury Department, Internal Revenue Service, 2025-12-15)
[16] documented
The functions of the Tax Division were transferred to the Civil Division and the Criminal Division.
"This rule amends Part 0 of the Department of Justice's (``Department'') organizational regulations in title 28 of the Code of Federal Regulations to transfer the functions of the Tax Division to the Civil Division and the Criminal Division, as appropriate."
Transfer of the Functions of the Tax Division to the Civil Division and the Criminal Division (Justice Department, 2025-12-10)
[17] documented
The reorganization was implemented in response to Executive Order 14210 issued by President Trump on February 11, 2025.
"On February 11, 2025, President Trump issued Executive Order 14210, Implementing the President's ``Department of Government Efficiency'' Workforce Optimization Initiative."
Transfer of the Functions of the Tax Division to the Civil Division and the Criminal Division (Justice Department, 2025-12-10)
[18] documented
The final rule transferring the Tax Division's functions became effective on December 9, 2025.
"DATES: Effective December 9, 2025."
Transfer of the Functions of the Tax Division to the Civil Division and the Criminal Division (Justice Department, 2025-12-10)
[19] documented
The Attorney General signed the rule on December 5, 2025.
"Dated: December 5, 2025. Pam ... ela Bondi, Attorney General."
Transfer of the Functions of the Tax Division to the Civil Division and the Criminal Division (Justice Department, 2025-12-10)
[20] documented
The rule removes the entry for the Tax Division from the Department of Justice's organizational regulations.
"In Sec. 0.1, amend table 1 by removing the entry for ``Tax Division.''"
Transfer of the Functions of the Tax Division to the Civil Division and the Criminal Division (Justice Department, 2025-12-10)
[21] supported
Dismissals and transfers of top Justice Department officials have already begun as part of a federal hiring freeze.
"Indeed, dismissals and transfers of top justice department officials has already begun , and as part of the administration’s federal hiring freeze."
Project 2025's Plan for Criminal Justice Under Trump
[22] supported
Pam Bondi, Trump's pick for attorney general, avoided direct questions about prosecuting specific adversaries during her Senate confirmation hearing.
"Pam Bondi, Trump’s pick for attorney general, spent much of her Senate confirmation hearing attempting to allay concerns about the weaponization of the Justice Department, but she avoided direct questions about Trump’s pledge to prosecute specific adversaries."
Project 2025's Plan for Criminal Justice Under Trump
[23] supported
Project 2025 proposes replacing career civil servants at the Department of Justice with a vast expansion of political appointees.
"Project 2025’s proposed reforms include replacing career civil servants with a "vast expansion" of political appointees, overturning the current “politicization and weaponization” of the DOJ, and conducting a thorough review of the FBI."
Project 2025: The Department of Justice
[24] supported
The plan suggests eliminating all existing consent decrees, which historically compel local jurisdictions to improve conditions or report on tactics following investigations into police wrongdoing.
"The answer is exemplified in this one radical sentence: " Promptly and properly eliminate ... all existing consent decrees.” The Justice Department typically hands down consent decrees to local jurisdictions following investigations into police wrongdoing."
Project 2025: The Department of Justice
[25] supported
Project 2025 advocates for the DOJ to halt investigations of groups engaged in lawful and constitutionally protected activities.
"The vision is to shift the DOJ towards a more conservative interpretation of law enforcement and justice, which includes prosecuting voter fraud, transferring responsibility to the DOJ's criminal division, and halting investigations of groups engaged in lawful and constitutionally protected activities."
Project 2025: The Department of Justice
[26] supported
The Heritage Foundation argues that the Department of Justice is not independent of the president or the executive branch.
"Kevin Roberts, president of the Heritage Foundation and a key architect of Project 2025 , underscored this priority when he told The New York Times in January, “[W]e just disagree wholly that the Department of Justice is independent of the president or the executive branch.”"
Project 2025: The Department of Justice
[27] supported
The plan includes a cultural agenda to delete terms related to sexual orientation, gender identity, and DEI from all federal rules, regulations, and legislation.
"This starts with deleting the terms sexual orientation and gender identity (‘SOGI’), diversity, equity, and inclusion (‘DEI’), gender, gender equality, gender equity, gender awareness, gender-sensitive, abortion, reproductive health, reproductive rights, and any other term used to deprive Americans of their First Amendment rights out of every federal rule, agency regulation, contract, grant, regul"
Project 2025: The Department of Justice
[28] supported
The FBI deputy director retired on January 20, 2025, the same day the acting leadership changed.
"The deputy FBI director is retiring today"
Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
[29] documented
Executive Order 14010, the 2021 order on migration and asylum that the Department had cited as the basis for one rulemaking request, was revoked by two Executive Orders signed by President Trump on January 20, 2025.
"has been revoked by two Executive Orders signed by President Trump on January 20, 2025"
Department of Justice; Response to Correspondence Requesting Rulemaking (Justice Department, 2026-09-25)
[30] supported
The FBI's organizational chart in this source lists a Criminal, Cyber, Response, and Services Branch, but the source does not say when this structure was adopted or whether it resulted from a proposal.
"Criminal, Cyber, Response,"
Federal Bureau of Investigation
[31] supported
Patel was sworn in as FBI director, with the FBI publishing a report on the oath of office.
"New FBI Director Kash Patel Takes Oath of Office"
Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
[32] documented
Because Executive Order 14010 was revoked, the Department said it will not issue the rulemakings that the order had directed.
"Accordingly, the Department will not be issuing rulemakings as directed by Executive Order 14010."
Department of Justice; Response to Correspondence Requesting Rulemaking (Justice Department, 2026-09-25)
[33] supported
Andrew Bailey, the Missouri attorney general, was named FBI co-deputy director in 2025, serving concurrently with Dan Bongino.
"Served concurrently with Dan Bongino as co-deputy director"
Deputy Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
[34] supported
The Department said it was already considering regulatory action to implement the TVPRA, citing a Spring 2025 Unified Agenda entry, and so declined additional rulemaking on that topic.
"the Department is already considering potential regulatory action to implement the TVPRA and declines to take additional rulemaking action at this time"
Department of Justice; Response to Correspondence Requesting Rulemaking (Justice Department, 2026-09-25)
[35] supported
Christopher Raia, head of the FBI's New York field office, was named co-deputy director of the FBI in January 2026.
"Head of FBI's New York field office to serve as co-deputy director"
Deputy Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation