1 day ago · Demanding Support for Trump, Justice Dept. Struggles to Recruit Prosecutors Some offices are so decimated that the Justice Department has sent in military lawyers.

4 days ago · Calls by a former and current DOJ official for lawyers who "support President Trump" to join the DOJ "flatly contradict" federal laws, an ex-prosecutor says.

The Trump administration’s immigration crackdown—and the push to arrest many of the demonstrators protesting against it—is straining U.S. attorneys offices across the country.

Feb 1, 2026 · A conservative legal scholar and writer is the latest to call for an end to Donald Trump’s evolution of the Department of Justice after a former top prosecutor solicited explicitly pro-Trump...

Feb 1, 2026 · Chad Mizelle, a former Trump DHS official, faced criticism for soliciting pro-Trump lawyers to become federal prosecutors.

Jan 18, 2026 · The Trump administration is staking out new ground in the fight to retain loyal U.S. attorneys after a string of setbacks, piling on pressure as top federal prosecutors stand firm in their...

Nov 10, 2025 · The Justice Department has lost thousands of experienced attorneys since the start of the Trump administration and has backfilled a fraction of the open jobs, with the process snarled by a …