DOJ Orders Emergency Surge Prosecutors From All US Attorneys (2)
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The Justice Department is requiring all US attorneys to rapidly assign prosecutors for “emergency jump teams” supporting districts handling alleged assaults or obstruction of law enforcement, according to an internal memo obtained by Bloomberg Law.

The Justice Department is requiring all US attorneys to rapidly assign prosecutors for “emergency jump teams” supporting districts handling alleged assaults or obstruction of law enforcement, according to an internal memo obtained by Bloomberg Law.

A senior official instructed leaders of the nation’s 93 US attorney’s offices Feb. 2 that they have until Feb. 6 to designate one or two assistant US attorneys who’d be available for short-term surges in unspecified areas needing “urgent assistance due to emergent or critical situations.” The memo coincides with media reports this week of a new round of mass resignations of federal prosecutors in Minneapolis.

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  • blueworld@piefed.worldEnglish
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    2 days ago

    https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/lawyers-leaving-us-government-drive-workforce-shift-2026-01-29/

    Figures from the U.S. Office of Personnel Management show that 8,599 licensed attorneys left the federal government between Trump’s inauguration and November, for a net decline of 6,524 accounting for new hires. The drop follows annual increases nearly every year over decades — the second-largest net decrease since 2005 was 389 lawyers in 2022

    …

    Including lawyers and other workers, the Justice Department has lost a net 8,900 employees since Trump took office, according to OPM, which is set to release December’s data next month. The DOJ figures include 2,526 lawyers who retired or quit, 261 who left via force reductions, transfers or “other separations,” and 503 lawyers who were hired. The overall federal workforce has fallen to its lowest level in at least a decade.

    So 16 to 22 times the last recorded number left in a single year. Guessing more than a few of them have started filing suits against the government in the intervening months.

    • partofthevoice@lemmy.zip
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      2 days ago

      Would you think that their resignations have left only the worst of them… and now, they’re more aligned than before. Without as much internal turmoil, wouldn’t they be more effective than before?

      It almost seems like leaving the job for moral reasons can have the adverse effect of making the job more effective than before. Sure, they might have smaller teams… but those smaller teams aren’t spending any time arguing with each other. They’re just following orders, which is bad.