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“What’s happening is long-time prosecutors are resigning because they refuse to engage in vindictive prosecutions, which are inherently unconstitutional,” said Stacey Young, an 18-year veteran of the agency. said Scott MacFarlane of MeidasTouch. “In some cases, when prosecutors say no, they are fired for acting illegally. »
“And we also see people resigning because of the culture created by these types of lawsuits. So the effect, the consequences are devastating. The DOJ is losing countless lawyers because of this, the rule of law is being eroded and the reputation of the department has really disintegrated,” Young said.
It is estimated that approximately 10,000 lawyers worked within the Justice Department before Trump returned to the White House. By September 2025, this figure had been reduced by almost half: Judicial Connectionan advocacy group that tracks DOJ departures, estimated that about 5,500 people (not all lawyers) had left the department, either of their own accord, accepting the Trump administration’s takeover, or being fired.
