The only thing stopping major terrorist attacks in this country are the FBI, the intelligence community, and DOJ. So yeah, smart moving attacking those institutions. Do Trump voters not get that this is not a game?

Anonymous wrote:DOJ will likely remain flat or cut a few duplicative offices in the next few years. It is one of the few necessary agencies that is needed in the Fed government. Many of the other functions of these agencies can be slimmed down and delegated to the states to handle.

Can you imagine if all the federal responsibilities devolved to the states and you had to pay attention to stuff like whether your food came from (and was "inspected by") a red state or a blue state? Or if there weren't minimum federal clean water standards....most manufacturing is already located in red states to get around the unions. Imagine if there weren't federal environmental and worker safety laws. We probably are going to lose the federal consumer protection bureau and they are going to sell the national parks. How are the states going to replicate that? And states can't get involved in international health and environmental and refugee and conflict issues.

Bruh. If the Matt Gaetz nomination goes through (I doubt it), it’s the end of the Justice Department as we know it.

No worries; it's not like Trump will appoint Matt Gaetz as Attorney General lol.

I think the rank and file prosecutors are fine. There will always be work for them. I'd be looking for a transfer if associated with Jack Smith's team. Smith has already announced he is leaving so the people left behind need to look out for themselves. I imagine some who are career DOJ can get back with their old department.

Still want to keep that DOJ job????

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Anonymous wrote:DOJ will likely remain flat or cut a few duplicative offices in the next few years. It is one of the few necessary agencies that is needed in the Fed government. Many of the other functions of these agencies can be slimmed down and delegated to the states to handle.

Because all of the states have sooooo much money to take over vital roles and duplicate existing resources times 50. I though you guys were the party of efficiency?

Well, the states managed to find tens of millions of dollars to pay for food and housing benefits to unlawful immigrants, so I'm sure they'll have plenty left over to fund basic public services for their life-long citizen residents.

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Anonymous wrote:It’s crazy that laws would be laxed due to party lines. This just blows my mind.

Sadly, a lot of DOJ investigations have a political element. Jack Smith should be continuing his prosecution against Trump. But here we are.

Jack Smith is winding down his investigation because DOJ cannot prosecute a sitting president.

Anonymous wrote:It’s crazy that laws would be laxed due to party lines. This just blows my mind.

Sadly, a lot of DOJ investigations have a political element. Jack Smith should be continuing his prosecution against Trump. But here we are.

It’s crazy that laws would be laxed due to party lines. This just blows my mind.

Anonymous wrote:What about DOJ Antitrust? I feel we’re quite apolitical. But Trump being Trump, all bets are off

The Elon Musks of the world want to be robber barons, and Antitrust is the division that most immediately stands in their way. In the past, it seemed to be enough for Republicans to let employees twiddle their thumbs for a few years, but if this administration is able to make significant cuts using things like Schedule F, I would definitely expect Antitrust to be a target.

What about DOJ Antitrust? I feel we’re quite apolitical. But Trump being Trump, all bets are off

No, DOJ is certainly not safe, OP. If you tell us where you work and what your position is, we can guess a bit better, but it’s all a guess.

Anonymous wrote:DOJ will likely remain flat or cut a few duplicative offices in the next few years. It is one of the few necessary agencies that is needed in the Fed government. Many of the other functions of these agencies can be slimmed down and delegated to the states to handle.

In main, there are many more than “a few” duplicative offices; they claim to be SME’s but I think the AUSAs have a different view of the expertise offered by main

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Anonymous wrote:How will the new administration go about dealing with DOJ? Will DOJ get any funding at all to hire new employees in the next 4 years?

Our office already is down attorneys and has no budget to hire more.

Does anyone have an idea of specifics of how this plays out?

Did the attorneys leave and the jobs were not back filled?

I know a few people who left DOJ but it was because they did not like the return to office requirements of their specific components. They left for jobs with more flexibility

My understanding is that DOJ is already having major budget issues and that much of the Department is unable to hire due to Trump instructing Congress last year to not fund DOJ.

I'm pretty sure that is correct.