DOJ Justifies Wiederhorn Case End by Citing White Collar Shift

Prosecutors pointed to a pair of 2025 Justice Department memos on shifting enforcement priorities to justify tossing corporate fraud charges against Donald Trump donor Andrew Wiederhorn in a Tuesday filing.

Allegations that Wiederhorn, founder and chairman of FAT Brands, Inc., helped conceal $47 million from the IRS aren’t within the scope of priorities laid out in memos issued by Attorney General Pam Bondi and Matthew Galeotti, the head of DOJ’s criminal division, said the filing in the US District Court for the Central District of California.

The case should be dropped because prosecutors are focusing resources on other areas and ...