Two-thirds of the DOJ unit defending Trump policies in court have quit

Federal Programs Branch loses nearly two-thirds of staff since Trump's
election
Exodus strains unit defending Trump's policies amid legal challenges
Political appointees fill vacancies
...
...
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

https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/two-thirds-doj-unit-defending-trump-policies-court-have-quit-2025-07-14/

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On Mon, 14 Jul 2025 20:09:29 -0500
JAB <[email protected]d> wrote:

Two-thirds of the DOJ unit defending Trump policies in court have quit

Federal Programs Branch loses nearly two-thirds of staff since Trump's election
Exodus strains unit defending Trump's policies amid legal challenges Political appointees fill vacancies
...
...
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

https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/two-thirds-doj-unit-defending-trump-policies-court-have-quit-2025-07-14/

That's good, isn't it? It reduces government.
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Bah, and indeed Humbug.

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On Tue, 15 Jul 2025 09:59:33 +0100, "Kerr-Mudd, John"
<[email protected]> wrote:

That's good, isn't it? It reduces government.

Being replaced by political appointees, I don't think so.

On another note,

Bondi Fires Her Personal Ethics Chief as DOJ Purge Continues

Career official Tirrell terminated without explanation
He advised Bondi, Patel, and other senior officials on conflicts

Attorney General Pam Bondi has fired her personal ethics adviser,
removing the Justice Department's top official responsible for
counseling the most senior political appointees, according to two
people familiar with the move.

Joseph Tirrell, a career attorney who'd spent nearly 20 years at the department, received a termination letter from Bondi July 11 that
didn't state a reason for his immediate removal from federal service.
Similar to notices the Trump administration has sent to dozens of
other DOJ civil servants, Bondi cited Article II of the Constitution,
which concerns presidential powers, the sources said.

https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/bondi-fires-her-personal-ethics-chief-as-doj-purge-continues

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In misc.news.internet.discuss, JAB <[email protected]d> wrote:

"Kerr-Mudd, John" <[email protected]> wrote:

That's good, isn't it? It reduces government.

Being replaced by political appointees, I don't think so.

I have a small optimistic hope that the political appointees will prove incompetant to run a real defense in the courts causing more losses
for the administration.

Elijah
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just the chaos of who is handling what during turn-over should help

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On Tue, 15 Jul 2025 19:29:14 -0000 (UTC), Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> wrote:

political appointees

Experienced staff tend to have a better grip on cases, and newbies
will attempt to stall for time when they don't know Jack Schmidt.

Pamela must like whores....but she says, "If you don't comply with
federal law, we will hold you accountable."

And then, she "has fired her personal ethics adviser,
removing the Justice Department's top official responsible for
counseling the most senior political appointees, according to two
people familiar with the move."

Pamela speaks with a forked tongue...

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