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(133,328 posts) Sun May 31, 2026, 03:31 PM Sunday

Trump Administration Sees Exodus of Legal Talent [View all]

Trump Administration Sees Exodus of Legal Talent

May 31, 2026 at 5:55 am EDT By Taegan Goddard 45 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2026/05/31/trump-administration-sees-exodus-of-legal-talent/

New York Times: “The departure of more than 10,000 federal lawyers has left some agencies without sufficient staff and has boosted the ranks of state attorneys general offices and advocacy groups.”

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Trump Administration Sees Exodus of Legal Talent [View all] applegrove Sunday OP

Those lawyers joining state attorneys general offices and advocacy groups will be DoJ's adversaries Ocelot II Sunday #1

The plan is to scare all the judges by pointing the slavering, mouth-breathing maga horde on them AZJonnie Sunday #2

some unasked for pizzas will do the trick. mopinko Sunday #4

Violent threats are their mode. orthoclad Sunday #7

Trump *may* influence certain state and federal judges, but . . . . . no_hypocrisy Sunday #3

The Reich Wing has been in filtrating since 2016 orthoclad Sunday #11

Here is a link to a post that has free link to the NYT article LetMyPeopleVote Sunday #5

In Political Wire posts the main link back to the original article is in the body applegrove Sunday #6

That link requires subscription LetMyPeopleVote Sunday #8

Right you are. Applegrove stop speed reading. applegrove Sunday #10

MS NOW-The DOJ's deeply unimpressive bench of MAGA lawyers is failing the easy part LetMyPeopleVote Sunday #9