{"id":3473,"date":"2026-07-14T12:13:28","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T12:13:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=3473"},"modified":"2026-07-14T12:13:28","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T12:13:28","slug":"trump-justice-department-scrambles-as-lawyers-flee-in-droves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=3473","title":{"rendered":"Trump Justice Department Scrambles as Lawyers Flee in Droves"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<p>President Donald Trump\u2019s embattled Department of Justice has imposed new quotas on prosecutors in a bid to shore up its public safety statistics despite an exodus of talent.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=3471\">Trump Confidante Makes Eyebrow-Raising Claim About Mitch McConnell Drama<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The department has hemorrhaged thousands of veteran attorneys since Trump returned to office thanks to the president\u2019s revenge campaigns, violent immigration crackdown, and increasingly overwhelming workloads.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The government has lowered hiring standards and resorted to offering $25,000 signing bonuses, despite historically being deluged with applications from lawyers who were happy to take a pay cut in exchange for the prestige and satisfaction of federal service. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>But that apparently hasn\u2019t been enough to make up for the shortfall, because now the DOJ\u2014which is headed by Trump\u2019s former personal attorney Todd Blanche\u2014is taking steps to try to show the department is doing more with less, Bloomberg Law reported. <\/p>\n<p>Over the past few weeks, the deputy attorney general\u2019s office told all 93 U.S. attorney\u2019s offices that every prosecutor must maintain at least \u201c25 open matters\u201d at all times, four people told Bloomberg Law. <\/p>\n<p>The emphasis will be on driving up public safety and fraud statistics.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not clear yet what exactly counts as an \u201copen matter,\u201d whether exceptions will be made, or what will happen to attorneys who don\u2019t hit the target. <\/p>\n<p>A DOJ spokesperson, however, told Bloomberg Law that 25 cases represented \u201cthe bare minimum\u201d and that \u201chundreds of [assistant U.S. attorneys] routinely juggle 100+ open matters.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>The new quota is likely to exacerbate recruitment and retention challenges, sources told the outlet. <\/p>\n<p>While it\u2019s easy for prosecutors to maintain or surpass 25 active investigations and prosecutions if they work in heavy-volume districts or handle simple drug and gun cases, complex white-collar or national security investigations can fully occupy prosecutors for months, according to Bloomberg Law. <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=3469\">CNN Host Humiliates Trump With Brutal Supercut<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cA one-size-fits-all policy is unworkable,\u201d said Mark Yancey, a former senior official in the DOJ\u2019s Executive Office for U.S. Attorneys. \u201cThese things need to be worked at the district level by the U.S. attorney.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>The quota also runs the risk of prosecutors feeling pressured to bring cases with insufficient evidence just to hit their targets, Yancey told Bloomberg Law. <\/p>\n<p>The DOJ\u2019s spokesperson, Kiersten Pels, told the outlet in a statement that the policy will not result in charging bad cases. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt will result in low productivity AUSAs leaving the department and patriotic AUSAs taking their place and sending terrible criminals to federal prison,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n<p>The Daily Beast has also reached out for comment. <\/p>\n<p>The New York Times reported in late May that 2,665 DOJ attorneys had left since the start of Trump\u2019s second term, representing 21 percent of the department\u2019s lawyers. <\/p>\n<p>The White House\u2019s aggressive immigration crackdown has also diverted criminal prosecutors from their usual caseloads as they\u2019ve been forced to respond to a surge in civil habeas corpus petitions from immigrants who had been denied bond hearings. <\/p>\n<div>\n<p>In the meantime, federal judges have increasingly lambasted DOJ attorneys for making false statements to the court and engaging in grand jury misconduct, which has led to several cases being dismissed. <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=3468\">Trump Hit With Humiliating Poll as His Crisis Spirals<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Donald Trump\u2019s embattled Department of Justice has imposed new quotas on prosecutors in a bid to shore up its public safety statistics despite an exodus of talent. 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