Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche’s April 2025 memo redefined prosecutorial discretion in crypto enforcement by instructing DOJ attorneys to avoid pursuing charges where regulatory frameworks remain ambiguous, directly influencing the decision to drop part of the charge against Roman Storm

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Last month, the Department of Justice took a different approach under the current Trump administration than in years past and released a memo that declared that the agency would not go after litigation or charges that would superimpose "regulatory frameworks on digital assets while President Trump's actual regulators do this work outside the punitive criminal justice framework."
The April 7 memo from Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche advises against pursuing cases with unclear regulations, impacting other crypto-related prosecutions.