Politico today reporting fear is gripping the DOJ as Trump’s new appointees waste no time purging the agency of rotten apples, firing at least a dozen who worked on the two criminal cases against him.
Others don’t appreciate being told to go to the office 5 days a week while some big shots don’t appreciate being moved from politically-charged positions to a new office to combat sanctuary cities.
Every day is like Christmas morning in the Golden Age.
Politico: “Career lawyers and staff at the Department of Justice say the rush of changes in the first week of the Trump administration make them feel like they’re under siege.
‘It feels like a non-violent war. It’s just wild. Everybody’s a sitting duck and these people have no power or control over the situation,’ said one DOJ career employee. ‘People are just in a state of shock and devastated. It’s unlike anything I’ve ever seen … Nothing that happened during the first Trump administration came anywhere close to this.’
The firings Monday, which don’t appear to have included any offers of reassignment, upped the tension further.
‘It’s got to be among the most demoralizing moments in the history of the Department of Justice,’ said one former DOJ career official. ‘It is a flat-out purge of individuals who this administration must view either of suspect loyalty or have worked on matters they just did not like. … We are in the early phases of what to me is just looking like a wholesale politically inspired demolition of the Department of Justice in
key places.’