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We're a network of Justice Department alumni mobilizing to protect DOJ’s apolitical workforce and uphold the rule of law.

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Justice Connection @justiceconnection.bsky.social · 15d

We’re honored that Jack Smith highlighted Justice Connection’s work in his first public remarks since leaving the department.

If you’ve ever worked at DOJ, email us to join the thousands of alumni mobilizing to protect our former colleagues & the rule of law: [email protected].

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Justice Connection @justiceconnection.bsky.social · 1d

We launched a Substack to provide DOJ alumni a platform to share their expertise and speak out.

Every week, we'll take readers inside the administration's attacks on the department to explain what’s happening and what it means for the rule of law.

Subscribe here: justiceconnection.substack.com

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Justice Connection @justiceconnection.bsky.social · 2d

AG Bondi is delivering on orders from our "transparent" President. First James Comey. Now Letitia James.

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Justice Connection @justiceconnection.bsky.social · 2d

More than half of DOJ attorneys in the office responsible for prosecuting polluters have been pushed out.

Justice Connection member Andrew Mergen told @bloomberg.com, “I’ve seen extensions... filed by the govt saying something like ‘we are under-resourced & so we need more time to reply.'”

DOJ Legal Delays Slow Environmental Cases and Frustrate Lawyers

Staff shortages, turnover, and new priorities at the Department of Justice are stretching legal staff handling environmental issues and causing unusual delays—even before the government shutdown.

news.bloomberglaw.com

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Justice Connection @justiceconnection.bsky.social · 2d

Over 100 immigration judges have been ousted since January and those who remain are being told to prioritize deportations while ICE roams courthouse hallways.

All of this threatens due process rights.

“Fired for no reason”: Former immigration judges speak out against Trump’s assault on the courts

The Trump administration’s push for more deportations is upending immigration courts. Recently terminated judges fear the changes imperil due process.

www.motherjones.com

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Justice Connection @justiceconnection.bsky.social · 2d

By taking 3,000 FBI agents away from their jobs, this admin is putting the nation at greater risk of terrorism, slowing down child exploitation cases, and letting white collar crime flourish.

A quarter of FBI agents are assigned to immigration enforcement, per FBI data

Nearly a quarter of FBI agents are currently assigned to immigration enforcement, with the number climbing above 40 percent in the bureau’s largest field offices.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Justice Connection @justiceconnection.bsky.social · 2d

The admin is firing agents pushing back on legally questionable orders, while also firing agents who accepted assignments given to them in a prior admin.

As we told @nbcnews.com: "Line agents can’t do their job if they're in constant fear that any action they take could result in termination.”

FBI fires special agents who worked on Jack Smith's probe into Trump

The agents were fired after Kash Patel disclosed that Smith's team obtained phone records of members of Congress, which the Smith report itself referred to.

www.nbcnews.com

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Justice Connection @justiceconnection.bsky.social · 2d

WATCH: Our Executive Director Stacey Young joined the @legalafmtn.bsky.social podcast to discuss AG Bondi's Senate Judiciary Committee hearing and the hundreds of DOJ alumni sounding the alarm on the admin's weaponization of DOJ.

DOJ Insider Blows the Roof Off Trump’s Corrupt DOJ

For more access to expert legal analysis, official court documents and breaking news coverage only available here at the intersection of law and politics, please consider becoming a paid subscriber.Le...

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Justice Connection @justiceconnection.bsky.social · 3d

Legal experts from across the political spectrum who have worked for every president since Reagan, say President Trump and AG Bondi have used the DOJ to punish their enemies and help their friends.

‘Bow to the Emperor’: We Asked 50 Legal Experts About the Trump Presidency

www.nytimes.com

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Justice Connection @justiceconnection.bsky.social · 3d

DOJ unnecessarily furloughed employees in grant offices, putting domestic violence victims & law enforcement at greater risk.

As Justice Connection member Marnie Shiels told
@politico.com, "Their own contingency plan says that they have funds. So it’s a choice to say, ‘We want this to hurt.'"

DOJ furloughs could impact domestic violence grants. Some fear that's the point.

The grant managers sent home this week have typically worked through past government shutdowns.

www.politico.com

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Justice Connection @justiceconnection.bsky.social · 4d

Here’s our letter sounding the alarm on the degradation of DOJ’s vital work as referenced in today's Senate Judiciary Committee hearing: bit.ly/46UC08X

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Justice Connection @justiceconnection.bsky.social · 4d

We agree with AG Bondi - it's disgraceful that federal law enforcement is working without pay.

It's also disgraceful that the White House believes they are not entitled to back pay when this shutdown is over.

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Justice Connection @justiceconnection.bsky.social · 4d

After nine months of demeaning and purging dedicated federal employees, the WH now wants to deny them their salary.

Scoop: White House memo says furloughed federal workers aren't entitled to backpay

A move to deny backpay to up to 750,000 furloughed workers would dramatically escalate Trump's pressure on Democrats to end the shutdown.

www.axios.com

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Justice Connection @justiceconnection.bsky.social · 4d

AG Bondi's actions show she has heard President Trump's "transparent" orders for vindictive prosecutions loud and clear.

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Justice Connection @justiceconnection.bsky.social · 4d

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Justice Connection @justiceconnection.bsky.social · 4d

Reminder: AG Bondi is under oath today.

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Justice Connection @justiceconnection.bsky.social · 4d

Ahead of AG Bondi's Senate testimony, hundreds of recent DOJ alumni joined our open letter, urging Congress to exercise its oversight responsibilities far more vigorously.

Members must provide a meaningful check on abuses we're witnessing: www.thejusticeconnection.org/urgent-messa...

Urgent Message from Recent DOJ Alumni - Justice Connection

www.thejusticeconnection.org

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Justice Connection @justiceconnection.bsky.social · 4d

Ahead of AG Bondi's hearing tomorrow, hundreds of recent DOJ alumni joined our sign-on letter decrying attacks on the Justice Department.

Read our statement & letter: bit.ly/48AnzcT

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Justice Connection @justiceconnection.bsky.social · 5d

Thousands of DOJ public servants sent farewell messages on their last day. We’ve collected them to preserve the wisdom & concerns they shared.

Ahead of AG Bondi's hearing, their words remind us: the rule of law is only as strong as those who uphold it: bit.ly/4obGX4p

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Ken Dilanian @kendilanian-nbc.bsky.social · 5d

EXCLUSIVE: Ex-DoJ officials say Trump is destroying the department. Most sweeping accusations against a president since Nixon

www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/e...

Ex-Justice officials: 'It's our duty to sound the alarm'

Scores of officials who have resigned or been forced out of the Justice Department this year are speaking out against its "destruction."

www.msnbc.com

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Justice Connection @justiceconnection.bsky.social · 5d

Today, we released a letter signed by nearly 300 former DOJ employees who were recently pushed out.

Together, we sound the alarm about the degradation of DOJ and warn that democracy can’t survive without the primary institution that enforces the law: bit.ly/48AnzcT

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Justice Connection @justiceconnection.bsky.social · 8d

If you've left DOJ since January, we have an easy opportunity for you to speak out.

It's time-sensitive, so email us today at [email protected].

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Justice Connection @justiceconnection.bsky.social · 8d

A must-read from @michael-feinberg.bsky.social, Justice Connection advisory committee member and former FBI agent, on the ongoing politicization of the bureau under Director Patel.

Lawfare @lawfaremedia.org · 10d

"I know that at least one agent held the potential of being an upstanding public servant, who embodied the best ideals of the FBI, and now will always be associated with an elected official’s unending quest for revenge."

@michael-feinberg.bsky.social discusses the politicization of the FBI.

Making a Scarecrow of the Law: A Former Agent’s Reaction to Recent Events at the FBI

My response to the ongoing politicization of the FBI under Kash Patel.

www.lawfaremedia.org

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Justice Connection @justiceconnection.bsky.social · 8d

President Trump claims to be in a war with drug cartels as DOJ closes OCDETF, the office responsible for coordinating cartel prosecutions.

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Justice Connection @justiceconnection.bsky.social · 9d

DOJ has fired two more prosecutors in the U.S. Attorney's office that charged Comey, just days after Trump fired their boss.

As we told @cbsnews.com.web.brid.gy: Under this DOJ leadership, "blind loyalty is the only factor that matters."
www.cbsnews.com/news/doj-fir...

DOJ fires 2 key prosecutors in eastern Virginia amid turmoil in office that charged Comey

The Justice Department has fired two of the highest-level prosecutors in the Eastern District of Virginia, two sources told CBS News, just days after President Trump ousted the U.S. attorney there.

www.cbsnews.com

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Justice Connection @justiceconnection.bsky.social · 9d

This week, DOJ has all but eliminated 3 more offices responsible for law enforcement, including prosecuting drug cartels & deescalating community violence.

As we told @reuters.com: "This isn't a reorganization — it's a decimation of some of DOJ's most vital work."

US scraps Justice Department task force that took on cartels, documents show

The U.S. Justice Department is closing a task force that took on drug cartels and an office that aimed to ease racial tensions, in a reorganization that drops a plan to merge the nation's top drug and gun law enforcement agencies, documents seen by Reuters show.

www.reuters.com

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