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Justice Department has lost thousands of staff, is asking former lawyers to return

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Since January, nearly 5,500 career employees at the DOJ have quit, taken a buyout, or been fired

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The Department of Justice has been hemorrhaging staff under President Donald Trump, with thousands of attorneys leaving and few being hired to replace them, according to a new report.

Since January, nearly 5,500 DOJ career employees have quit, taken a buyout, or been fired, according to Justice Connection, an advocacy group composed of department alumni.

DOJ in Crisis as Applicants Flunk the ‘Favorite Trump Policy’ Test

A new loyalty test for prospective hires has left the Justice Department with thousands of vacancies and a mounting case backlog.

Trump’s DOJ has experienced a sharp decline in applicants—especially qualified ones—in large part because of the partisan hiring process, The Washington Post reported on Monday.

As part of the vetting process, Justice Department applicants have been required to gush over their favorite Trump executive order or policy and detail how they would move it forward, the Post reported.

Career positions like those at the DOJ are designed to be nonpolitical—but experts described this question as a “workaround.”

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