Trump’s DOJ Can Get Us One Step Closer To Ending Child Exploitation. Here’s Where It Should Start
The article highlights the urgent need for the Department of Justice to strengthen its efforts in combating child exploitation, particularly through improved reporting and enforcement. It points out that despite bipartisan support and existing laws like the PROTECT Our Children Act, attorneys general have consistently failed to submit required national strategy reports. The piece calls for stronger leadership from the Trump-era DOJ to address technological advances and ensure victims receive proper restitution.
- ▪The 2008 PROTECT Our Children Act requires the attorney general to submit a biannual National Strategy for Child Exploitation Prevention and Interdiction, a requirement repeatedly unmet.
- ▪Of the nine required reports, only three have been submitted, and none were on time, according to the General Accountability Office.
- ▪The GAO reported in 2022 that the Justice Department's strategy is outdated and not prioritized, failing to address key technological changes.
- ▪Federal law mandates victims receive full restitution, but judges often waived payments, leaving victims uncompensated.
- ▪In 2018, Congress unanimously passed a law introduced by Senator Orrin Hatch to improve restitution for child exploitation victims.
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Big Tent Ideas Trump’s DOJ Can Get Us One Step Closer To Ending Child Exploitation. Here’s Where It Should Start OPINION RYAN COLLERD/AFP via Getty Images Thomas Jipping Contributor May 04, 2026 8:26 AM ET May 04, 2026 8:26 AM ET Thomas Jipping Contributor Font Size: const observer = new MutationObserver((mutations) => { const adDivToHide = document.querySelector("#dailycaller_incontent_1"); if (adDivToHide && dc_noads_page) { adDivToHide.classList.add("hide-premium", "hide-free"); observer.disconnect(); console.log("Ad div found and hidden"); } }); observer.observe(document.body, { childList: true, subtree: true }); In a 2023 report, then-Attorney General Merrick Garland told Congress that “[c]hild exploitation crimes and the threats facing children have been exploding in scale,…
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