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News Article Trump Administration Sees Striking Exodus of Legal Talent

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/31/us/politics/trump-administration-exodus-of-lawyers.html
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u/chloedeeeee77 1d ago edited 1d ago

I can’t believe the chance to prosecute cases as thrilling as “former FBI Director posts photo of seashells” and “Attorney General of New York may have incorrectly filled out her mortgage paperwork” don’t have talented lawyers beating down the door to work on them. 

(Not so coincidentally, even the Trump lackey prosecutors in those cases are, respectively, longer on them and no longer working at the DOJ)