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Former Justice Department employees have signed their resignation letters with notes criticizing Donald Trump Attorney General Pam Bondi For causing “irreparable harm” to the agency.
About 5,500 employees have left the DOJ Since Trump took office in January, some have complained of a “toxic work environment” in their farewell messages, either by taking buyouts, quitting or being fired.
FBI Alumni and the DOJ’s Network Justice Connection have compiled a huge batch of farewell messagesViewed by axiosExpressing dissatisfaction with how Bondi and the Commander-in-Chief are running the agency.
Stacey Young, executive director of The Justice Connection, wrote in her message that DOJ Employees are being forced to “put loyalty to the President above the Constitution, the rule of law, and their professional ethical obligations.”
Meanwhile, three assistant US attorneys who opposed the dropping of corruption charges New York Mayor Eric AdamsA joint statement claimed that the DOJ “has decided that obedience trumps all else.”
“There is no greater privilege than working for an organization whose mandate is to do the right thing, in the right way, for the right reasons,” they wrote in a collective statement. “We will not give up this principle to keep our jobs.”
Furthermore, Anam Rahman Petit, A immigration The DOJ judge claimed that the federal agency was “replacing career judges with less experienced or politically flexible judges, which reflects a systemic effort to reshape the bench with individuals more likely to reject cases without regard to due process.”
Since January, the DOJ has become increasingly mired in controversy, with many departing notes pointing to the growing criticism that the federal agency is being used to target Trump’s Political enemy.
Almost all of the farewell messages are very complimentary about the DOJ itself, rather than limiting their criticisms to Trump and Bondi’s leadership.
Former trial lawyer Cary A. Syme publishes his own Post on LinkedInWriting that she does not “recognize” the “current incarnation of the DOJ.”
However, he urged readers to “please remember that the vast majority of DOJ lawyers are people of goodwill who are trying to maintain a true sense of justice.”
Trump has frequently claimed that the DOJ was “weaponized” against him, as well as bringing legal cases against his political enemies, including Former FBI Director James ComeyNew York Attorney General Letitia James, and even a case against the Justice Department.
Last month the President had demanded that The Justice Department paid him $230 million In compensation for his federal investigation.
Trump’s two complaints focus on the FBI investigation into alleged Russian interference in the 2016 election and a 2022 FBI raid on Mar-a-Lago over the then-former president’s alleged misuse of classified documents.
However, his many legal casesPetitions targeting Comey and James have also collapsed after a judge ruled that Trump had illegally appointed the prosecutor.
The Trump administration has threatened to try again to bring charges against Comey and James.
A White House spokesperson said, “The facts of the indictment against Comey and James have not changed and will not be the final word on this matter.” newsnation Reporter Libby Dean,
Independent The DOJ and the White House have been contacted for comment.