DOJ Lawyers QUIT In Mass Exodus Over Trump's Outrageous Civil Rights Demands
May 2, 2025
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as posted by the channelThe Justice Department's civil rights division is facing a mass exodus of over 230 attorneys who have either quit or accepted deferred resignations after the new head of the department, Harmeet Dhillon, reveals what Donald Trump deems as civil rights cases they should be focusing on, which are the opposite of what the department was created for. John Iadarola and Brett Erlich break it down on The Damage Report. Leave a comment with your thoughts below!
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Justice department civil rights division loses 70% of lawyers under Trump
"More than 250 attorneys in the justice department’s civil rights division have either left, been reassigned, or accepted a deferred resignation offer since January, according to an estimate provided to the Guardian by people familiar with the matter. The significant decrease in personnel underscores how Donald Trump is gutting the arm of the federal government responsible for enforcing federal civil rights laws.
About 235 attorneys in the division’s civil enforcement sections have accepted deferred resignations or have quit the justice department and roughly another 20 have been reassigned or detailed to do other work within the agency, including handling public records requests and internal agency complaints."
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