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In It to Win It

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Mon Sep 22, 2025, 12:51 PM Monday

The Justice Department Had 36 Lawyers Fighting Corruption Full-Time. Under Trump, It's Down to Two.

https://www.notus.org/courts/doj-public-integrity

When Donald Trump took office eight months ago, the Department of Justice had 36 experienced attorneys assigned full-time to investigate corrupt politicians and police officers.

Today it has two.

All the other lawyers in the Justice Department’s Public Integrity Section have either quit under pressure, resigned in protest or been detailed to other matters across the nation, according to several sources who spoke with NOTUS. The section has also lost all but one of more than a dozen paralegals.

“To me, it just screams that public corruption cases are no longer a priority of DOJ,” said Andrew Tessman, a prosecutor who left the Justice Department this month. “I cannot understand why we would want to restrict that section.”

Sources with knowledge of the section’s operations say the reduction in staff means it can no longer advise the 94 U.S. attorneys’ offices around the country on how to build cases against crooked government officials — let alone prosecute new cases on its own.

So, about that team of public integrity prosecutors who investigated Tom Homan, the guy who accepted a k bribe in a sting operation last year...

The Trump DOJ has cut it down to 2 lawyers: a boss who oversees a single attorney.

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Jose Pagliery (@josepagliery.bsky.social) 2025-09-22T13:12:58.527Z
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The Justice Department Had 36 Lawyers Fighting Corruption Full-Time. Under Trump, It's Down to Two. (Original Post) In It to Win It Monday OP
It's Just a Minor Change in Strategy The Roux Comes First Monday #1
Makes sense: TommyT139 Monday #2

The Roux Comes First

(1,854 posts)
1. It's Just a Minor Change in Strategy
Mon Sep 22, 2025, 01:00 PM
Monday

This administration is committed to subsidizing and bragging about corruption. It's what he does.

TommyT139

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2. Makes sense:
Mon Sep 22, 2025, 01:10 PM
Monday

If they're only going after corruption by Dems, and let Rethugs off scott-free, going from 34 staffers down to two seems about right(-wing).

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