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[quote=Anonymous][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]

Maybe some of them, but the majority of those still at DOJ continue to believe in the mission and justice, and are doing that.  There is still plenty of room to do the job without running into those sorts of unethical issues that would force a resignation.  This is good for the country as a whole, btw, not just those attorneys.  In 3 years, we will still want to have a DOJ and it would be good to be able to have an existing one rather than have to build/rebuild it from scratch.  [/quote]

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