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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]‘It’s a Culture Now of Fear’: A Year of Chaos Inside the Justice Department

Sixty former staffers described an environment of suspicion and intimidation within the most powerful law enforcement agency in the U.S.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/11/16/magazine/trump-justice-department-staff-attorneys.html

“If we’re indicting people because the president hates them, that’s counter to the whole point of doing my job.”

Mike Romano, former prosecutor in the Public Integrity Section[/quote]

Of all the government agencies, I would say that the people at DOJ are probably the worst off currently.  Lose their job or risk eventually getting disbarred for doing what this administration tells them to do...
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I resigned from my AUSA position this year, so I have thoughts on this. I do think DOJ lawyers find themselves in truly unprecedented ethical dilemmas in a way that has never happened before, but at the same time they also generally have excellent exit options. [b]No one at DOJ is being forced to choose between letting their child go hungry and lying to a judge.[/b] I think that's precisely so many DOJ lawyers have left - their next best alternative is still pretty good. [/quote]
Exactly. The attorneys whom choose to ride it out and stay agree with Trump and Bondi. [/quote]

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