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This painting is a bouquet which represent many people who chose to do the right thing as a group and were subsequently fired or who resigned rather than do something that was against their principles. Justice department civil rights division lost 70% of lawyers under Trump. More than 250 lawyers have left or been reassigned since January, 2025 as critics fear ‘end of the division as we’ve known it.’ More than 250 attorneys in the justice department’s civil rights division have either left, been reassigned, or accepted a deferred resignation offer since January. The significant decrease in personnel underscores how Donald Trump is gutting the arm of the federal government responsible for enforcing federal civil rights laws.
About 235 attorneys in the division’s civil enforcement sections have accepted deferred resignations or have quit the justice department and roughly another 20 have been reassigned or detailed to do other work within the agency, including handling public records requests and internal agency complaints.
The sections that handle civil enforcement work in the division, the core of the its work, had around 365 attorneys in January, 2025. About 105 remain after a 28 April deadline to accept a deferred resignation offer.
This painting is a bouquet which represent many people who chose to do the right thing as a group and were subsequently fired or who resigned rather than do something that was against their principles. Justice department civil rights division lost 70% of lawyers under Trump. More than 250 lawyers have left or been reassigned since January, 2025 as critics fear ‘end of the division as we’ve known it.’ More than 250 attorneys in the justice department’s civil rights division have either left, been reassigned, or accepted a deferred resignation offer since January. The significant decrease in personnel underscores how Donald Trump is gutting the arm of the federal government responsible for enforcing federal civil rights laws.
About 235 attorneys in the division’s civil enforcement sections have accepted deferred resignations or have quit the justice department and roughly another 20 have been reassigned or detailed to do other work within the agency, including handling public records requests and internal agency complaints.
The sections that handle civil enforcement work in the division, the core of the its work, had around 365 attorneys in January, 2025. About 105 remain after a 28 April deadline to accept a deferred resignation offer.