United States Corruption

Published on September 1, 2025 at 5:31 AM

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Click here to add text.In 2019, Transparency International had stated that the United States is "experiencing threats to its system of checks and balances", along with an "erosion of ethical norms at the highest levels of power", citing populism, nativism, and political polarization as factors that may increase corruption.[15]In 2024, Transparency International spoke approvingly of how the federal and state courts have withstood attacks on their independence, although it found the weak ethics rules for the Supreme Court worrisome.[16]

 

During the beginning of the 21st century, the US was generally ranked as having a low-levels of corruption indexes and generally high in terms of political stability.[17] The FBI is responsible for investigating corruption in the United States with several initiatives to investigate both domestic and foreign corruption, and it recognizes public corruption as its "top criminal investigative priority".[18]