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Two-thirds of the DOJ unit defending Trump policies in court have quit (www.reuters.com)

submitted 6 days ago by pelespirit@sh.itjust.works to c/politics@sh.itjust.works

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Sixty-nine of the roughly 110 lawyers in the Federal Programs Branch have voluntarily left the unit since President Donald Trump's election in November or have announced plans to leave, according to the list compiled by former Justice Department lawyers and reviewed by Reuters.

The tally has not been previously reported. Using court records and LinkedIn accounts, Reuters was able to verify the departure of all but four names on the list.

Reuters spoke to four former lawyers in the unit and three other people familiar with the departures who said some staffers had grown demoralized and exhausted defending an onslaught of lawsuits against Trump's administration.

"Many of these people came to work at Federal Programs to defend aspects of our constitutional system," said one lawyer who left the unit during Trump's second term. "How could they participate in the project of tearing it down?"

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[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 8 points 6 days ago (4 children)

Hah! They're going to back fill with loyal MAGA lawyers. READ: Bottom on their class.

This is great news!

[–] Estiar@sh.itjust.works 3 points 6 days ago

They're going to be less effective than the lawyers they have right now, replacing the Harvard grads with hacks

[–] imrighthere@lemmy.ca 5 points 6 days ago

Yes, more morons running a fascist shithole, that's great.

[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 4 points 6 days ago

That's why they said they're doing away with Bar membership requirements. Imagine sacrificing your career and risking trial at the Hague, or never leaving the USA because you have arrest warrants for the temporary satisfaction of being hateful.

[–] KnitWit@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

With the way some members of the SC keep going out of their way to say which keywords will work to have them rule a certain way, doesn’t matter how error filled the briefs are.

[–] Gurei@sh.itjust.works 4 points 6 days ago

Nice.