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The Unraveling of the Justice Department: 60 attorneys describe a year of chaos

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The New York Times reports on the chaos within the Justice Department during the past year, based on accounts from 60 attorneys, with the sole comment on HN linking to an archived version of the article.

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SpicyLemonZest
12h ago
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sxndmxn
10h ago
I wonder what a January 6th prosecutor has to say about the justice department...
cosmicgadget
13h ago
> Lawyer, National Security Division: Bondi signaled the Foreign Agents Registration Act would be enforced only in very limited circumstances after the Justice Department had done a lot over the last decade to give it teeth. At its core, FARA is a transparency statute, to let the American public know when foreign actors engage in political activities or try to influence U.S. discourse. If you’re concerned about foreign money and influence in politics, it’s a bad time to go dark.

This is pretty corrupt.

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