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Trump-appointed ofcls have also fired or forced out dozens of federal prosecutors & agents who worked on investigations of #Trump & his political allies, & have launched a series of new cases targeting his adversaries.

#DOJ ofcls have defended Trump’s ability to influence investigations & assailed past investigations into him as a misuse of the legal system. Acting AG #ToddBlanche has ⁠claimed Trump has a right & duty as president to influence investigations, even into political foes.

#law

Randall Lee

@BLTpizza@mastodon.social replied · yesterday

@Nonilex the pedophile president pardoning fellow criminals is all part of cracking down on crimes against the Epstein class

Darwin Woodka

@darwinwoodka@mastodon.social replied · yesterday

@Nonilex

They are not making you safer. They are making the world safer for criminals.

Nonilex

@Nonilex@masto.ai replied · yesterday

The records, from the #US #Justice Department’s management unit, show that the total number of employees at the #FBI has dropped more than 7% since the government’s ‌2024 fiscal year, a loss of about 2,600 people. The Drug Enforcement Administration’s [#DEA] staff has dropped by about 6%, & the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives [#ATF] lost about 14%! of its workers.

#FactCheck #TrumpLies #law #DOJ #NationalSecurity #Trump #criminal

Nonilex

@Nonilex@masto.ai replied · yesterday

Other parts of the #DOJ shrank even more rapidly. Its #NationalSecurity Division, which handles #intelligence & #terrorism matters, lost nearly 38%!! of its staff, the department’s records show. The division’s most recent budget request to #Congress noted “unprecedented personnel constraints” in the unit that handles cases involving #espionage & the export of sensitive #military #technology.

#FactCheck #TrumpLies #law #Trump #criminal

Nonilex

@Nonilex@masto.ai replied · yesterday

"It’s the difference between being proactive & entrepreneurial or purely reactive to the most obvious imperative of the day," Adam Hickey, a fmr snr ofcl in the #NationalSecurity Division, said of the loss of staff.

Those records, which Reuters obtained under the Freedom of Information Act, offer the most detailed accounting to date of the extent to which the #Trump admin ⁠has downsized some of the nation’s premier #LawEnforcement agencies.

#FactCheck #TrumpLies #law #DOJ #criminal

Nonilex

@Nonilex@masto.ai replied · yesterday

Those agencies have traditionally handled the government’s highest-profile #criminal investigations, including efforts to combat #terrorism, deter #drug traffickers & keep #guns away from criminals.

Other records, including detailed information about people who left government jobs, show an increasing pace of departures from #LawEnforcement agencies after #Trump began his second term in January 2025.

#FactCheck #TrumpLies #law #DOJ #NationalSecurity

MUGISHA PHOCIT

@2003MugishaPhocit@mastodon.social replied · yesterday

@Nonilex Compare Trump's first and second leadership as the president.
Why are government workers resigning from work,by themselves?

Nonilex

@Nonilex@masto.ai replied · yesterday

“The administration talks a big game when it comes to #crime & #terrorism, but the fact that it’s hollowing out agencies tasked with addressing them shows that they don’t stand behind their words,” said Stacey Young, a former #DOJ lawyer who leads #Justice Connection, a group that supports staff leaving the department.

#FactCheck #TrumpLies #law #NationalSecurity #Trump #criminal

Nonilex

@Nonilex@masto.ai replied · yesterday

That contraction, combined with an increased focus on #immigration, has caused authorities to pull back from some of their typical work, interviews & agency records show. Last year, for example, federal prosecutions for #DrugTrafficking dropped to their lowest level in more than two decades.

The govt is bringing even fewer such cases this year, Reuters found after reviewing millions of federal court dockets from Westlaw….

#FactCheck #TrumpLies #law #DOJ #NationalSecurity #Trump #criminal

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