Take Care LedgerA dated, sourced record of the second Trump administration

Justice Department and FBI Personnel Changes

Updated2026-11-09 Covers2025-01-20 to 2026-11-09

Summary

Starting in January 2025, leaders of the Justice Department (DOJ) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) fired prosecutors who had worked for Special Counsel Jack Smith. They also removed senior career officials. They cut the Public Integrity Section, which prosecutes elected officials, down to two lawyers.1,2 After Erez Reuveni admitted in court that Kilmar Abrego Garcia “should not have been removed,” DOJ fired him.3 The FBI fired agents who had worked on investigations of Trump without giving a reason.4 Those firings went on into 2026 and reached agents from the classified-documents case.84 A May 2026 count by Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) found 608 departures from DOJ. Of those, 202 were firings.89 A U.S. Attorney is the top federal prosecutor in a district. Courts in five districts ruled that some acting or interim U.S. Attorneys were not lawfully serving. These officials had been kept in charge after their 120-day temporary terms ran out.5 In August 2026 the Senate voted 50–49 to confirm Todd Blanche as Attorney General. Blanche had been Trump’s criminal-defense lawyer.111 On Aug 16 he said “no attorney general should ever pledge” independence from the White House.113

Background

DOJ policy has long limited how much the White House gets involved in single criminal cases. DOJ has its own internal checks. The Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR) investigates misconduct by DOJ lawyers. The Public Integrity Section prosecutes elected officials. The Office of the Pardon Attorney is staffed by career lawyers. A federal law called the McDade Amendment makes DOJ lawyers follow the ethics rules of the states where they practice (28 U.S.C. §530B).43,68 Those rules include a duty to be honest with the court (ABA Model Rule 3.3). Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 11 is a court rule that bars filings with no real basis.10,69,70 The Civil Service Reform Act protects career workers. It says they can be fired only for cause, meaning for a real reason tied to their work.60,71 Two laws decide who fills a U.S. Attorney’s post when the interim term ends. They are the Federal Vacancies Reform Act (5 U.S.C. §3345) and a federal law on U.S. Attorney vacancies (28 U.S.C. §546(d)). Under them, when an interim U.S. Attorney’s 120-day term runs out, the district court fills the post, not the Attorney General.7,72,73

Trump came into office after being investigated by the FBI and prosecuted by Special Counsel Jack Smith. Trump ally Mike Davis said: “The Justice Department is not independent of the President of the United States.”8 Cases against individual Trump critics are covered in Prosecutions and Investigations of Trump Critics. This article covers the institutions and the people who work in them.

What happened

Removals of prosecutors and DOJ officials

On Jan 27, 2025 Acting Attorney General James McHenry fired prosecutors from Jack Smith’s team. Later that month Acting Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove ordered the firing of January 6 (J6) prosecutors. At least a dozen senior career officials in the National Security and Criminal Divisions were removed from their posts.1,8 On Feb 28 Ed Martin, the interim U.S. Attorney for Washington, D.C., demoted at least seven senior prosecutors. They included both leaders of the J6 unit. Martin had once been a lawyer for J6 defendants.9,99 In mid-February 2025 Bove moved to drop the corruption case against New York Mayor Eric Adams. His Feb 10 memo ordered the case dropped. The memo said this would let Adams “devote [his] full attention and resources to the illegal immigration and violent crime” that Bove said had grown under the prior administration.12 Danielle Sassoon was the acting U.S. Attorney in Manhattan. On Feb 12 she wrote to Attorney General Pam Bondi that “Adams’s attorneys repeatedly urged what amounted to a quid pro quo,” which means a trade of favors. She and several senior prosecutors resigned rather than ask the court to drop the case.12 On Mar 7 Pardon Attorney Liz Oyer was fired. She had declined to recommend giving back Mel Gibson’s right to own guns. She says she was told Gibson “is a friend of the president.” DOJ said her firing papers were dated before the Gibson email.13 About 50 more prosecutors were fired Mar 31.14,100

On Apr 11 DOJ fired Erez Reuveni, acting deputy director of its Office of Immigration Litigation. He had admitted in court that Kilmar Abrego Garcia “should not have been removed” to El Salvador.3 On Jun 24 Reuveni filed a whistleblower complaint. It said Bove had told staff that DOJ might have to tell the courts “f— you.” According to NBC, Reuveni’s lawyers say Bove said this at a Mar 14, 2025 meeting. That was the day before the first deportation flights under the Alien Enemies Act, an old wartime law.20 Bove said he did not recall the remark. The Senate confirmed him as a judge on the Third Circuit appeals court, 50–49.20 DOJ settled its lawsuit against the merger of Hewlett Packard Enterprise and Juniper on Jun 27 (CNBC reported it Jun 28). Two senior officials who enforce competition law, Roger Alford and Bill Rinner, were then put on leave and fired. CBS reported the firings on Jul 28. It said “insubordination,” or refusing orders, was the reason given.22,102 On Jul 16 Maurene Comey, who had prosecuted Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, was fired. The one-line email cited Article II of the Constitution, the part that sets out the President’s powers.21,74 She wrote to colleagues: “If a career prosecutor can be fired without reason, fear may seep into the decisions of those who remain.”21 On Sept 19 Erik Siebert resigned as interim U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia (E.D. Va.). His office had found there was not enough evidence to charge Letitia James. Fox News reported that the White House had told him to resign or be fired.23 The next day Trump posted a message on Truth Social that began “Pam:”. It called for Comey, Schiff and James to be prosecuted.24

On Jan 13, 2026 six federal prosecutors in Minnesota resigned. The New York Times (NYT) described the cause as a push to investigate Renée Good’s widow. At a staff meeting the day before, at least six prosecutors in the Civil Rights Division’s criminal section announced they were leaving. Most were supervisors, and the section chief was one of them.108 An AP report on Jan 16 cited an estimate from Justice Connection, a network of former DOJ employees. It said 230+ people were fired and 6,400+ left in 2025, out of a department of about 108,000. DOJ said it had hired 3,400+ career attorneys.41 A May 14 CREW count found 608 departures in the second term. Of these, 406 were protest resignations and 202 were firings. 102 of the departures were tied to the classified-documents and January 6 cases, and 214 were from the Civil Rights Division. CREW says its count is too low.89 On Sept 3 DOJ fired Minnesota prosecutor Matthew Evans. He had investigated Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer Christian Castro over the January shooting of Julio César Sosa-Celis. ProPublica reported what Evans told the victims’ lawyers. He said he had “objected in the strongest possible terms” to limiting the case to charges of making false statements.88

Leadership, memos and the Weaponization Working Group

On Feb 5, 2025 Attorney General Pam Bondi signed 14 memos.10 One created the Weaponization Working Group. Its job was to review “politicized” actions by officials who had investigated Trump.11 Another was the “zealous advocacy” memo. It said department lawyers must “zealously” defend, advance and protect U.S. interests. NPR describes these as interests set by the President. The memo covered any lawyer who will not sign a brief or appear in court, or who otherwise “delays or impedes” the department’s mission. It said that lawyer “will be subject to discipline and potentially termination.”10 Martin was removed from the Working Group on Feb 2, 2026.42

Trump fired Bondi on Apr 2, 2026. NBC News and the Washington Post reported that his reasons included the dismissed Comey and James cases. They also included how she handled the Epstein files.45 That same day DOJ’s Office of Legal Counsel (OLC), which gives legal advice to the executive branch, issued an opinion. It said the Presidential Records Act is unconstitutional. That law makes a president’s official records public property that must be kept. OLC said “the President need not further comply with its dictates.”46,75 Also on Apr 2, Jared Wise resigned from the Weaponization Working Group. Wise is a former FBI agent. Trump had pardoned him on Inauguration Day 2025 in the middle of his trial on January 6 charges. A pardon forgives a federal crime. In the group, Wise had helped write its unreleased report on the January 6 prosecutions. He wrote that exposing “the abuses by the FBI and DOJ against J6 defendants” would “only happen from outside of government.”97 On Apr 14 the Working Group released its first report. It accused the Biden administration of unfairly using the FACE Act against anti-abortion protesters. The FACE Act is a federal law against blocking access to reproductive health clinics and places of worship. In February NBC News had reported that Justice Department leaders were pressing the group to “deliver results.”98 In May DOJ agreed to give back the phone it had seized from Rep. Andy Ogles (R-Tenn.). It also agreed to end its investigation of his campaign finances. Records obtained by the group American Oversight show that his lawyer had asked Ed Martin to end the probe. Martin was then head of the Weaponization Working Group. The records show that Martin acknowledged the request on Dec 12, 2025.86,106 On Oct 23 American Oversight asked DOJ’s inspector general, an independent watchdog inside the department, to review the closing of the case.86,107 On May 20 Judge John Bates issued a preliminary injunction, a court order that holds until the case is decided. It requires the White House to keep following the Presidential Records Act. He found the law is likely constitutional.47

On Aug 1–3 Trump said D.C. U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro “folded like an umbrella,” after her office moved to drop vandalism charges against former Olympian David Hearn. The charges were about damage to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. Prosecutors traced the damage to a contractor’s faulty installation. A judge dismissed the case with prejudice on Oct 1. That means it cannot be brought again.87,114,115 Hearn’s lawyers asked DOJ’s inspector general for an investigation, and the inspector general sent the request to OPR. The lawyers said OPR “is no longer a fully functioning entity.”87,116 Blanche was confirmed 50–49 and sworn in by Bove (Aug 8–10).111,112 On Aug 16 he said “no attorney general should ever pledge” independence from the White House.113 On Sept 18 MS NOW reported on remarks by Aakash Singh, the Principal Associate Deputy Attorney General. It said Singh had told supervisors that prosecutors must pursue voter-fraud cases referred by the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). DOJ said Singh “never said anyone would be fired.”48 DOJ sent about 1,000 election monitors to all 50 states for the Nov 3 midterms. AP reported that voting went ahead without major incidents.51

Reorganized and reduced units

Harmeet Dhillon was sworn in as head of the Civil Rights Division on Apr 7, 2025. By October 2026 up to 80% of the division’s staff had left, according to NPR. DOJ said it had hired about 130 replacements. Dhillon said the division’s job was “to enforce the federal civil rights laws, not woke ideology.”15 On May 15 the FBI broke up CR-15, its public-corruption squad in Washington. The squad had worked on “Arctic Frost,” the inquiry that led to Smith’s 2020-election case. Director Kash Patel also closed the Office of Internal Auditing.16 On Jun 9 Reuters reported that the Public Integrity Section could no longer bring new cases on its own. It was down to two lawyers.2 DOJ shut down the Tax Division, which had about 390 lawyers. Civil tax work moved to the Civil Division, and criminal tax work moved to the Criminal Division. The change was finalized Nov 30.17,101 ProPublica counted 23,000 criminal investigations dropped in the first six months of the term. It linked the drop to a shift of resources toward immigration.18 On Sept 22, 2026 ProPublica reported that a bribery probe begun by CR-15 agents had ended. The FBI said it “ultimately found nothing implicating Senator Collins.”49 Dhillon resigned on Nov 5, 2026.52 John Eisenberg, head of the National Security Division, resigned the next day. Blanche thanked him, and reports gave no reason.122 Also on Nov 6, Jason Reding Quiñones resigned as U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida. His office runs the “grand conspiracy” investigation of officials who investigated Trump. Blanche gave no reason.123 On Nov 9 Brett Shumate resigned as head of the Civil Division, which defends the administration’s policies in civil court. CBS reported, citing one source, that criticism from Stephen Miller, who said Shumate was not aggressive enough, was a factor. CBS also reported that the National Security and Civil Rights divisions now have no Senate-confirmed leaders.124

Immigration judges

DOJ’s Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR), which runs the immigration courts, fired nearly 100 immigration judges in 2025, according to NPR.19 On Apr 10, 2026 it fired six more. One was Boston judge Roopal Patel, who had ended Rümeysa Öztürk’s removal case. Another was Chelmsford judge Nina Froes, who had blocked Mohsen Mahdawi’s deportation. Both were still in their probationary period, the trial period for new hires. The National Association of Immigration Judges counts at least 113 of about 750 judges fired since January 2025. Patel told GBH News she “could have ruled either way in that case and probably would have still ended up fired.”95 On May 26 the Supreme Court decided Margolin v. National Association of Immigration Judges. The judges had challenged a rule that makes them get a supervisor’s approval before speaking in public. The Fourth Circuit appeals court had revived their challenge. The Supreme Court reversed that decision in an unsigned opinion. It held that the Fourth Circuit broke the “party presentation” principle, the rule that courts decide the questions the parties bring to them. The Fourth Circuit had asked, on its own, whether the Civil Service Reform Act’s review system still worked.66,76 Such claims stay with the Merit Systems Protection Board and the Office of Special Counsel, which hear federal workers’ complaints. The Court did not decide whether those bodies are still an adequate place to bring them.67

The FBI under Patel

On Feb 24, 2025 Patel was also sworn in as acting director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF). In March he outlined plans to give as many as 1,000 ATF agents temporary jobs as FBI agents, according to three people briefed on the plan. An ATF spokeswoman disputed that agents were being reassigned.25 On Jul 11 Reason, citing the New York Times, reported that the FBI was giving employees lie-detector (polygraph) tests. The questions included whether they had criticized Patel.26 On Aug 7–8 Patel fired Washington Field Office chief Steven Jensen and former acting Director Brian Driscoll.27 In early 2025 Driscoll had refused to hand over the names of agents who worked on J6 cases. He said “no cause has been articulated,” and he and two others sued on Sept 10. 27,28 On Sept 26 the FBI fired agents who had been photographed kneeling at a 2020 protest. NPR said over a dozen were fired, and CBS, citing AP, said roughly 20; earlier coverage said 10. A review under Director Christopher Wray had found no grounds to discipline them.29 Starting Oct 31, 2025 the FBI fired, without explanation, agents who had supporting roles in Arctic Frost.4 On Nov 4 it fired four more employees tied to Arctic Frost or Smith’s investigation. The FBI Agents Association called it “a campaign of erratic and arbitrary retribution.”104 Two of the fired agents sued on Mar 19, 2026. They said they were fired “solely” for their Arctic Frost work.105 Reporting on Patel’s own conduct looked at his personal use of the FBI jet (Oct 31).30 On Feb 24, 2026 Sen. Dick Durbin released a whistleblower account. It said Patel’s use of the jet delayed the FBI’s response to the Brown University shooting.31 In February CREW asked DOJ’s inspector general to investigate Patel’s trip to the Milan Olympics. The FBI said it was “not a personal trip.”91 On Apr 20 Patel sued The Atlantic for $250M over a story about his alleged drinking.32 In May MS NOW reported that the FBI had opened a criminal leak investigation. It focused on the author of the Atlantic story that Patel was suing over. Patel told senators on May 12 that “this FBI is targeting and investigating no journalists.”90

On Jan 23, 2026, according to MS NOW’s sources, Patel forced out several groups of agents. They included as many as six Miami agents connected to the Mar-a-Lago search, the acting head of the New York field office and agents involved in Arctic Frost. MS NOW later reported that Paul Brown, the special agent in charge in Atlanta, was forced out. He had raised concerns about the renewed Fulton County 2020-election investigation.83 On Feb 25–26 Patel ordered at least a dozen agents and staff from the classified-documents investigation fired. Many were from counterintelligence unit CI-12, and the firings followed claims that they had obtained phone records connected to Patel and to Chief of Staff Susie Wiles. The FBI released no evidence for that claim. The FBI Agents Association said the firings violated “due process rights.”84,109 On May 22 and Jun 5 Patel fired Deputy Assistant Director Emily Morales and at least five analysts in Richmond. Morales had worked on the 2017 assessment of the shooting at a congressional baseball practice. The analysts were connected to a withdrawn 2023 memo on “radical traditionalist Catholic ideology,” which a 2024 inspector general review examined. The review found no evidence of anti-Catholic bias, though it found poor tradecraft, meaning poor analysis work.85,110 Co-deputy directors Dan Bongino and Andrew Bailey (named Aug 18, 2025) both left. Bailey resigned Sept 28, 2026, citing family. CBS sources said Patel had kept him at arm’s length because he often raised constitutional concerns.33,34,35

Interim and court-appointed U.S. Attorneys

When interim terms ran out, Bondi gave the same officials new titles, such as “first assistant” or “special attorney.” That let them keep running their offices.7 Courts found that five of them were not lawfully serving:7,36,37,38,5 - Alina Habba in New Jersey (Aug 21, 2025). The Third Circuit agreed, and she resigned Dec 8. - Sigal Chattah in Nevada (Sept 30). The Ninth Circuit agreed. - Bill Essayli in Los Angeles (Oct 28). - Lindsey Halligan in E.D. Va. (Nov 24, in the same ruling by Judge Currie that dismissed the Comey and James indictments). - John Sarcone in northern New York (Jan 8, 2026).

Halligan had no experience as a prosecutor. She was installed Sept 22 and resigned Jan 20.39,40

Two more cases involved U.S. Attorneys appointed by district courts. In July 2025 the judges of the Northern District of New York declined to extend Sarcone’s interim term. On Feb 11, 2026 they appointed Donald Kinsella, a former prosecutor in that office. Within hours Blanche, then Deputy Attorney General, posted “You are fired, Donald Kinsella,” and wrote that “Judges don’t pick U.S. Attorneys, [the President] does.”93 In July 2026 the district judges of the Western District of Washington appointed Roger Rogoff under §546(d). Trump fired him by email about an hour later. On Oct 1, 2026 Judge Stanley Bastian put Rogoff back in the job. He called the issue a question of “first impression,” meaning no court had decided it before. He held that a U.S. Attorney appointed by the court serves “until the vacancy is filled,” which can happen only through Senate confirmation. He barred the White House, DOJ and Blanche from treating anyone else as the district’s U.S. Attorney.65 On Oct 4 the Ninth Circuit issued an administrative stay, a short pause on the ruling. It said the pause “does not constitute in any way a decision as to the merits,” and Rogoff was again out of the post.118

Complaints against judges and bar regulators

On Feb 21, 2025 Bondi’s chief of staff, Chad Mizelle, filed a judicial-misconduct complaint against Judge Ana Reyes of the federal court in Washington, D.C. (D.D.C.). It accused her of “hostile and egregious misconduct” at hearings on the ban on transgender troops.82 D.C. Circuit Chief Judge Sri Srinivasan dismissed it on Sept 29, 2025. He said DOJ could have asked Reyes to step aside from the case instead. The decision was made public in late November 2025.119 On Mar 5, 2026 DOJ proposed a rule that would let the Attorney General step into state bar investigations of DOJ lawyers. State bars license and discipline lawyers. DOJ cited a rise in “politically motivated” complaints.43 On May 13 DOJ sued the D.C. Bar’s disciplinary office. It argued that the office has no power to discipline federal government lawyers. The suit centers on the bar’s case against Jeffrey Clark. It also defends Martin, whom the bar had charged with ethics violations.44,57 Starting Sept 30 DOJ filed judicial-misconduct complaints against seven federal judges in Minnesota, including Patrick Schiltz and John Tunheim. The complaints were about the judges’ remarks to the New York Times on how Operation Metro Surge affected the courts. Schiltz said he had acted “well within the ethical rules.”50 MPR News reported on Oct 21 that DOJ had asked to remove Schiltz and Tunheim from two cases, claiming they were biased.117

Key dates

Why it matters

Removal of career employees (Art. II §1; Civil Service Reform Act; Administrative Procedure Act).74,71,77 The legal question is whether the President’s power under Article II to remove officials lets DOJ and the FBI fire career prosecutors and agents without cause. The Civil Service Reform Act protects career workers from that kind of firing. DOJ said Maurene Comey was removed “pursuant to Article II,” meaning under the President’s own constitutional power.21 In the classified-documents agents’ case, DOJ said the President “is not required to delineate cause.” In other words, he does not have to give a reason.61 On Oct 26, 2026 Judge Jesse Furman ruled that her firing was unlawful. He said it broke the separation of powers, the Civil Service Reform Act and the Administrative Procedure Act. That is the law that sets the rules agencies must follow. DOJ had relied on the Supreme Court’s June 2026 decision in Trump v. Slaughter78. Even so, Furman held that DOJ was trying to “upend” settled law that lets Congress limit how lower-level officials, called inferior officers, are removed. He ordered her put back in her job as of the day she was fired, with back pay. DOJ said it will appeal.60 Several other suits have no rulings yet. They are the suits by Driscoll and Jensen, the kneeling agents, the Arctic Frost agents and the classified-documents agents.63,29,4,105,61 The kneeling agents’ suit claims violations of the First Amendment, which protects free speech, and the Fifth Amendment, which requires due process, meaning fair legal steps.79,80 FBI employees are in the excepted service, a job category with fewer protections. But a federal law (5 U.S.C. §2303) bars punishing them for reporting wrongdoing through protected channels. Several of the agents’ suits also claim they were punished for their speech, which the First Amendment forbids.92,83 In January 2026 DOJ’s inspector general declined to take up Reuveni’s complaint, which included the Bove allegation. It pointed to lawsuits still under way and sent the complaint to OPR.62

Acting U.S. Attorneys (Appointments Clause, Art. II §2 cl. 2; Federal Vacancies Reform Act, 5 U.S.C. §3345; 28 U.S.C. §546(d)).74,72,73 The Constitution’s Appointments Clause says the President picks top officers with the Senate’s approval. It lets Congress give the power to pick lower-level officers to the President alone, the courts or department heads. The legal question is whether the Attorney General can keep an official in charge after the 120-day interim term just by giving that person a new title. Section 546(d) gives that appointment to the district court. Courts ruled against DOJ in all five districts where this was challenged, and the Third and Ninth Circuits agreed.7,36,5 In the Fourth Circuit, DOJ argues that the problem with Halligan’s appointment was a harmless “error in the title.” DOJ says Bondi fixed it by approving the appointment after the fact. That court has not ruled.58 A related question is whether the President may remove a U.S. Attorney whom a district court appointed under §546(d). Section 541(c) says each U.S. Attorney is “subject to removal by the President”.94 Blanche’s post removing Kinsella cited Article II. The record shows no ruling on that removal.93 Judge Bastian held on Oct 1, 2026 that a court-appointed U.S. Attorney serves until a Senate-confirmed successor fills the post.65 The Ninth Circuit paused that ruling with an administrative stay on Oct 4. It did not decide who is right.118

Immigration judges (8 C.F.R. §1003.10(b)).96 Immigration judges are DOJ lawyers, and the Attorney General can remove them. But a DOJ regulation, a rule with the force of law, requires them to “exercise their independent judgment and discretion” when they decide cases. The April 2026 firings raise a question. Does removing judges after they rule against the government fit that rule? Does it fit the due-process promise of a neutral judge? The record includes no stated reason for the firings.95

Lawyers’ professional obligations (ABA Model Rule 3.3; Fed. R. Civ. P. 11; McDade Amendment, 28 U.S.C. §530B).69,70,68 The “zealous advocacy” memo makes refusing to sign a brief a reason for discipline. The legal question is how that fits with lawyers’ duty to be honest with the court and with Rule 11.10 The March 2026 proposed rule would let the Attorney General step into state bar investigations. DOJ points to a surge in “politically motivated” complaints. Fourteen Republican state attorneys general support the rule. The American Bar Association, Democratic attorneys general and Georgia Supreme Court justices oppose it.43 The legal question is whether a DOJ rule can change duties that Congress placed on DOJ lawyers in §530B. No final rule has been published.64 DOJ’s suit against the D.C. Bar argues that “the President’s constitutionally required immunity would provide little protection if Executive Branch attorneys could be targeted for internal Executive Branch deliberations.” No ruling has been reported.44

Presidential Records Act (44 U.S.C. §§2201–2209).75 OLC’s April 2026 opinion said the Act reaches into the President’s power in a way the Constitution does not allow. On May 20 Judge Bates found the Act is likely constitutional. He ordered the White House to keep following it.46,47

Appropriated funds (Administrative Procedure Act, 5 U.S.C. §706).77 Appropriated funds are money that Congress has approved for a purpose. The government cancelled the planned FBI headquarters site in Greenbelt, Maryland. It moved $555M that Congress had approved to the Reagan Building instead. On Aug 17, 2026 Judge Theodore Chuang ruled that both steps were “not in accordance with law.” He cancelled both decisions. The FBI said the court had “impermissibly intervene[d] for political reasons.”55,103 See Shutdowns, Rescissions and Impoundment Findings.

Settlement of the President’s own suit. Trump had sued the IRS for $10B. DOJ settled the suit by creating a $1.776B “Anti-Weaponization Fund.”54 Judge Leonie Brinkema barred DOJ from paying out the money (May 29, 2026), and DOJ then dropped the fund. One term of the deal still stands. It bars IRS examinations, or audits, of Trump’s past tax returns.59 On May 19, 2026 Blanche, then acting Attorney General, signed a one-page order. It says the IRS and the Treasury are “FOREVER BARRED” from pursuing claims arising from past tax returns of Trump, his two eldest sons and the Trump Organization. A DOJ spokesperson said the release does not apply to future audits. Tax scholars quoted by Lawfare argue that DOJ’s power to settle covers only the claims in the lawsuit.120 Judge Kathleen Williams found Trump’s IRS suit “non-adversarial, collusive, and jurisdictionally improper.” Her order did not formally undo the settlement. DOJ appealed her ruling to the Eleventh Circuit on Sept 11, 2026.121 The record here does not include DOJ’s stated legal basis for that term. See Media Settlements and Trump’s Lawsuits.

Judicial-misconduct complaints (Judicial Conduct and Disability Act, 28 U.S.C. §§351–364).81 The Judicial Conduct and Disability Act sets up a process for complaints about how federal judges behave. Complaints go to the chief judge of the circuit, the regional appeals court. DOJ has filed them against Judge Reyes (Feb 2025), Chief Judge Boasberg (Jul 2025) and seven Minnesota judges (Sept 2026). Chief Judge Sri Srinivasan dismissed the Reyes complaint on Sept 29, 2025. He wrote that a misconduct proceeding is not meant to work “as an alternate means” for a party to get a judge off a case.119 The Minnesota complaints are under confidential review by the Eighth Circuit.82,50

Outcome

Where things stand

As of Nov 8, 2026, Bondi has been fired and Blanche is Attorney General. Bove is a Third Circuit judge, and Dhillon has resigned.45,111,20,52 The heads of the National Security Division and the Civil Division also resigned, on Nov 6 and Nov 9. So did Reding Quiñones, the U.S. Attorney whose Miami office runs the “grand conspiracy” investigation.122,124,123 Patel is still FBI Director. Both of his deputies have left.34,35 On Aug 21, 2026 Trump announced that Martin was leaving DOJ. The D.C. Bar’s disciplinary counsel had filed ethics charges against Martin on Mar 6, 2026.56,57 The Tax Division, CR-15 and the Office of Internal Auditing no longer exist. The Public Integrity Section has about two lawyers. The Civil Rights Division has lost up to 80% of its staff. None of these changes has been reversed.17,16,2,15 By July 2026, 27 Senate-confirmed officials had left posts in Cabinet departments. In Trump’s entire first term, 11 had left.53 There are no inspector-general findings on the firings.62

Still open: the Fourth Circuit decision, the Ninth Circuit’s ruling on Rogoff, the fired employees’ suits, Martin’s bar case, DOJ’s suit against the D.C. Bar, and whether the bar rule becomes final.58,65,118,63,57,44,64 Related: Pardons and Clemency, Federal Actions on Election Administration, Federal Workforce Reductions and Schedule F, Inspectors General and Watchdogs, Conflicts Between the Executive and the Courts and City Enforcement Operations and Fatal Shootings.

Status

Item Status Latest development (date) What would change it
Habba, Chattah, Essayli and Sarcone appointments Blocked (by district courts; Third and Ninth Circuits agreed) Sarcone ruling (Jan 8, 2026); Habba resigned Dec 8, 20255,7,36,37 —
Halligan appointment; dismissal of the Comey and James cases Pending (Fourth Circuit) Appeal filed Feb 9, argued Sept 15, 202640,58 Fourth Circuit decision
Firing of court-appointed Kinsella (Northern District of New York) Unresolved Fired on the day he was appointed, Feb 11, 2026; no later steps in the record93 —
Return of court-appointed Rogoff (Western District of Washington) Pending (Ninth Circuit) Bastian’s Oct 1 order paused Oct 4, 2026; Rogoff out of the post65,118 Ninth Circuit ruling
Tax Division, Public Integrity Section, CR-15, Internal Auditing, Civil Rights staffing In force Tax reorganization finalized Nov 30, 2025; Civil Rights staff down by up to 80% (Oct 2026)17,101,2,16,15 —
Immigration-judge firings In force At least 113 fired since January 2025, six of them on Apr 10, 202695 —
Immigration judges’ challenge to the speech rule Concluded Supreme Court reversed in Margolin (May 26, 2026)66 Claims go to the Merit Systems Protection Board and Office of Special Counsel67
Firing of Maurene Comey Blocked (Judge Furman, Oct 26, 2026) Ordered back to work with back pay60 DOJ’s stated appeal60
Driscoll and Jensen suit Pending (district court) Government asked the court to dismiss (Jan 20, 2026); plaintiffs answered (Feb 17, 2026); no ruling found63 Ruling on the request
Suits by kneeling, Arctic Frost and nine classified-documents agents Pending Filed Dec 2025, Mar 19, 2026, Oct 15, 202629,4,105,61,84 Rulings
Firings of Evans and the Richmond analysts Unresolved No reported lawsuits88,110 —
Reuveni complaint (Bove allegation) Unresolved Inspector general declined and sent it to OPR (Mar 30, 2026 letter); no finding on Bove expected62 —
Hearn prosecutors’ matter Pending (OPR) Sent to OPR (Oct 8, 2026)87 OPR review
Ogles probe closure Pending (DOJ inspector general) Review requested Oct 23, 202686,107 Inspector general’s response
Martin’s D.C. Bar charges Pending (D.C. Bar) No ruling on his request to move the case to federal court57 Ruling on the move; bar decision
DOJ suit against the D.C. Bar Pending Filed May 13, 2026; no ruling44 A ruling
Bar-discipline rule Pending (DOJ rulemaking) Proposed Mar 5, 2026; not final as of Nov 8, 202643,64 A final rule
Minnesota judges’ misconduct complaints Pending (Eighth Circuit, confidential) Filed starting Sept 30, 202650 Circuit decision
Reyes misconduct complaint Concluded Dismissed by Chief Judge Srinivasan (Sept 29, 2025)82,119 —
FBI headquarters move Blocked (Judge Chuang, Aug 17, 2026) Decisions cancelled and the move stopped for good (permanent injunction)55,103 —
OLC Presidential Records Act opinion Blocked (Judge Bates, May 20, 2026) Order in place until the case is decided (preliminary injunction)47 Final judgment or appeal
$1.776B Anti-Weaponization Fund Reversed Dropped after Brinkema barred paying it out (May 29, 2026)59,54 —
Ban on IRS audits in the IRS settlement In force Term remains; Blanche’s order releasing past tax claims (May 19, 2026)59,120 —
Williams ruling that Trump’s IRS suit was improper Pending (Eleventh Circuit) DOJ appealed (Sept 11, 2026)121 An Eleventh Circuit ruling
Heads of the National Security, Civil Rights and Civil divisions Unresolved All three resigned Nov 5–9, 2026; reports named no acting head for the National Security or Civil divisions52,122,124 Acting heads or Senate-confirmed successors
U.S. Attorney, Southern District of Florida Unresolved Reding Quiñones resigned (Nov 6, 2026); reports named no acting U.S. Attorney123 An interim appointment

Who is affected

The changes reach Department of Justice (DOJ) and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) employees who were fired, forced out or moved to other jobs. They also reach immigration judges, whom the Attorney General can remove.41,89,84,95,96 They reach the districts where courts found acting U.S. Attorneys unlawfully serving. That includes Comey and James, whose indictments were dismissed for that reason.5,7 They reach the public through smaller public-corruption, tax and civil-rights units and fewer criminal investigations. They reach federal judges through DOJ misconduct complaints.2,17,15,18,50 The workforce numbers come from different counters. Justice Connection and Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) report hundreds of firings. DOJ says it has hired more than 3,400 career attorneys.41,89

Key players

Chronology

Sources

  1. NBC News: DOJ fires investigation officials · CNN: special project on J6 prosecutors · Timeline 2025-01-27 → ledger ↩↩↩↩

  2. Reuters: how Trump defanged DOJ’s corruption watchdogs · NOTUS: DOJ Public Integrity Section · Timeline 2025-06-09 → ledger ↩↩↩↩↩↩

  3. CBS News: whistleblower details efforts to stonewall judges · Timeline 2025-04-11 → ledger ↩↩↩

  4. PBS/AP: 2 former FBI agents say they were fired over roles in Trump 2020 election probe · NBC News: FBI agents tied to Trump investigations are fired · Timeline 2025-10-31 → ledger ↩↩↩↩↩

  5. CNN: Sarcone ruling · Timeline 2026-01-08 → ledger ↩↩↩↩↩↩↩

  6. Politico: Blanche’s slip-up on his Trump relationship: ‘I’m his lawyer’ · Timeline 2026-07-15 to 16 → ledger ↩

  7. CBS News: Habba serving unlawfully · ABC News: Habba resigns after appeals defeat · Timeline 2025-08-21 → ledger ↩↩↩↩↩↩↩

  8. NBC News: Pam Bondi reshapes the DOJ around Trump’s priorities · Timeline 2025-01 (late) → ledger ↩↩

  9. ProPublica: how Ed Martin is weaponizing the DOJ · CBS News: Trump replaces Ed Martin nomination · Timeline 2025-05-08 → ledger ↩↩↩

  10. NPR: new AG moves to align DOJ with Trump’s priorities · Timeline 2025-02-05 → ledger ↩↩↩↩

  11. ABC News: Bondi launches Weaponization Working Group · NPR: attorney general memos on weaponization · Timeline 2025-02-05 → ledger ↩↩

  12. CNBC: judge orders explanation of Adams dismissal request · Fortune: smacks of bargain · Timeline 2025-02 (mid) → ledger ↩↩↩↩

  13. NBC News: DOJ official says she was fired after opposing Gibson gun-rights restoration · Timeline 2025-03-07 → ledger ↩↩

  14. Axios: 50 fired Mar 31 · Timeline 2025-01-27 → ledger ↩↩

  15. NPR: reshaped civil rights mission transforms DOJ’s work and workforce · DOJ: Dhillon swearing-in · Timeline 2025-04-07 → ledger ↩↩↩↩↩↩

  16. NBC News: FBI folds public corruption squad that aided Jack Smith’s investigation · Timeline 2025-05-15 → ledger ↩↩↩

  17. Bloomberg Tax: DOJ to eliminate tax unit as workforce shrinks · Bloomberg Tax: what’s next after DOJ dissolved its tax division · Timeline 2025-06-16 → ledger ↩↩↩↩↩

  18. ProPublica: 23,000 dropped criminal investigations · Timeline 2025 (throughout) → ledger ↩↩↩

  19. NPR: administration fired nearly 100 immigration judges in 2025 · CBS News: former judges speak out on immigration-court purges · Timeline 2025-02 → ledger ↩↩

  20. NYT: whistleblower says Bove suggested violating court orders · NBC News: Republicans confirm former Trump lawyer Emil Bove to lifetime appeals court perch · Timeline 2025-06-24 → ledger ↩↩↩↩

  21. CBS News: DOJ fires Maurene Comey · CNN: Maurene Comey fired · Timeline 2025-07-16 → ledger ↩↩↩↩

  22. CBS News: top DOJ antitrust officials fired · CNBC: DOJ settles HPE–Juniper case · Timeline 2025-06-27 → ledger ↩

  23. WaPo: top Virginia prosecutor resigns · NPR: resigns under pressure · Timeline 2025-09-19 → ledger ↩↩

  24. TIME: Trump urges Bondi to prosecute opponents · NBC News: Trump accidentally posted message · Timeline 2025-09-20 → ledger ↩

  25. CNN: 1,000 ATF agents to FBI · The Trace: what Patel’s leadership means for ATF · Timeline 2025-02 (mid) → ledger ↩↩

  26. Reason: Kash Patel loyalty test · Timeline 2025-07-11 → ledger ↩

  27. Federal News Network/AP: FBI forces out more leaders · Timeline 2025-08-07 → ledger ↩↩↩↩↩

  28. Democracy Docket: lawsuit · CNN: fired FBI officials sue Kash Patel · Timeline 2025-09-10 → ledger ↩

  29. NPR: FBI agents fired, including some shown kneeling · CBS News: FBI fires agents photographed kneeling · Timeline 2025-09-26 → ledger ↩↩↩↩

  30. Guardian: FBI fires top official amid Patel’s outrage over reports of agency jet use · Timeline 2025-10-31 → ledger ↩

  31. MS NOW: Patel’s jet use delayed shooting response · NYT: Patel’s Olympics trip · Timeline 2026-02-24 → ledger ↩

  32. Reason: Patel sues Atlantic $250M · Timeline 2026-04-20 → ledger ↩

  33. Axios: Bongino blowup · Timeline 2025-08-18 → ledger ↩

  34. NPR: FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino to step down in January · CNBC: Bongino is stepping down in January · Timeline 2025-12-17 → ledger ↩↩

  35. CBS News: Andrew Bailey resigns · Timeline 2026-09-28 → ledger ↩↩

  36. Nevada Independent: Chattah not validly serving · Democracy Docket: appeals court rules Chattah unlawfully appointed · Timeline 2025-09-30 → ledger ↩↩↩↩

  37. CBS News: judge rules LA’s top prosecutor serving unlawfully · NBC News: U.S. attorney in California unlawfully serving · Timeline 2025-10-28 → ledger ↩↩↩

  38. CRS: Halligan appointment ruling · NBC News: judge dismisses Comey and James cases · Timeline 2025-11-24 → ledger ↩

  39. NPR: who is Halligan · Timeline 2025-09-22 → ledger ↩

  40. HuffPost/AP: Halligan out · ABC News: Bondi seeks to revive cases · Timeline 2026-01-20 → ledger ↩↩

  41. PBS/AP: how the Trump administration erased centuries of Justice Department experience · Timeline 2026-01-16 → ledger ↩↩↩↩

  42. CBS News: Martin removed as weaponization czar · The Hill: Martin out as WG head · Timeline 2026-02-02 → ledger ↩

  43. NPR: DOJ wants to shield its lawyers from outside scrutiny · Timeline 2026-03-05 → ledger ↩↩↩↩↩

  44. The Hoya: DOJ sues DC Bar for disciplining officials, cites Ed Martin charges · Timeline 2026-05-13 → ledger ↩↩↩↩

  45. NBC News: Bondi fired as attorney general · WaPo: Trump fires Bondi · Timeline 2026-04-02 → ledger ↩↩↩

  46. CNN: Trump’s DOJ tells Trump he can hold onto government docs · Timeline 2026-04-02 → ledger ↩↩

  47. Politico: Judge orders Trump aides to follow records law · ABC News: DOJ rejecting decades-old records law · Timeline 2026-05-20 → ledger ↩↩↩

  48. Democracy Docket: DOJ official threatens to fire prosecutors · Timeline 2026-09-18 → ledger ↩

  49. ProPublica: FBI Collins/Navatek investigation · NYT: FBI shut down inquiry into Collins ally · Timeline 2026-09-22 → ledger ↩

  50. MPR News: Feds seek to boot Minnesota judges from immigration cases after public comments · Timeline 2026-09-30 → ledger ↩↩↩↩↩

  51. DOJ: Justice Department to monitor elections in all 50 states · PBS/AP: Election Day underway as Trump sows doubt · Timeline 2026-11-03 → ledger ↩↩

  52. NPR: Head of Justice Department office on civil rights resigns · CNN: Harmeet Dhillon resigns · Timeline 2026-11-05 → ledger ↩↩↩↩

  53. NBC News: departures of Senate-confirmed officials surpass Trump’s first term · Timeline 2026-07-22 → ledger ↩

  54. NBC: Trump drops IRS suit; DOJ creates $1.776B fund · Timeline 2026-05-18 → ledger ↩↩

  55. PBS/AP: judge blocks moving FBI headquarters out of Maryland · CBS News: FBI announces move to new D.C. headquarters · Timeline 2025-07-01 → ledger ↩↩↩

  56. NBC News: Trump loyalist Ed Martin leaving Justice Department · Timeline 2026-08-21 → ledger ↩↩

  57. CBS News: Martin faces ethics charges · ABC News: Martin hit with ethics charges · Timeline 2026-03-06 → ledger ↩↩↩↩

  58. Law&Crime (via Yahoo): Appeals court presses lawyer on Judge Cannon’s Mar-a-Lago dismissal · Timeline 2026-09-15 → ledger ↩↩↩↩

  59. NYT: Judge blocks fund · BBC: DOJ abandons fund after GOP backlash · Timeline 2026-05-29 → ledger · Timeline 2026-06-02 → ledger ↩↩↩

  60. NPR: Judge rules that the DOJ illegally fired Maurene Comey · CBS News: Maurene Comey was unlawfully fired, judge rules · Timeline 2026-10-26 → ledger ↩↩↩↩↩

  61. ABC News (via Yahoo): 9 former FBI agents who worked on Trump classified docs case sue over their firings · Timeline 2026-10-15 → ledger ↩↩↩↩

  62. CNN: DOJ whistleblower complains to Congress that internal watchdog isn’t doing its job · Timeline 2026-03-30 → ledger ↩↩↩

  63. States United: Driscoll v. Patel · Timeline 2025-09-10 → ledger ↩↩↩↩

  64. Federal Register: Review of State Bar Complaints and Allegations Against Department of Justice Attorneys (proposed rule, Mar 5, 2026) · Timeline 2026-03-05 → ledger ↩↩↩↩

  65. ABC News: Judge reinstates Washington state US attorney fired by Trump · Just Security: Litigation Tracker (Rogoff v. Trump, W.D. Wash. 2:26-cv-02566) · Timeline 2026-10-01 → ledger ↩↩↩↩↩↩

  66. Supreme Court: Margolin v. NAIJ, No. 25-767 (May 26, 2026) · Supreme Court docket 25A662 · Timeline 2025-12-19 → ledger ↩↩↩

  67. Just Security: Litigation Tracker (NAIJ v. Owen, E.D. Va. 1:20-cv-00731) · Timeline 2026-05-26 → ledger ↩↩↩

  68. Cornell LII: 28 U.S.C. §530B, Ethical standards for attorneys for the Government legal authority ↩↩

  69. American Bar Association: Model Rule 3.3, Candor Toward the Tribunal legal authority ↩↩

  70. Cornell LII: Fed. R. Civ. P. 11 legal authority ↩↩

  71. Cornell LII: 5 U.S.C. §7513, Cause and procedure (Civil Service Reform Act of 1978, Pub. L. 95-454) legal authority ↩↩

  72. Cornell LII: 5 U.S.C. §3345, Acting officer legal authority ↩↩

  73. Cornell LII: 28 U.S.C. §546, Vacancies legal authority ↩↩

  74. Cornell LII: U.S. Constitution, Article II legal authority ↩↩↩

  75. Cornell LII: 44 U.S.C. ch. 22, Presidential Records (§§2201–2209) legal authority ↩↩

  76. Supreme Court: Margolin v. National Association of Immigration Judges, No. 25-767, 608 U.S. 339 (May 26, 2026) legal authority ↩

  77. Cornell LII: 5 U.S.C. §706, Scope of review (Administrative Procedure Act) legal authority ↩↩

  78. Supreme Court: Trump v. Slaughter, No. 25-332, 609 U.S. 422 (June 29, 2026) legal authority ↩

  79. Cornell LII: U.S. Constitution, First Amendment legal authority ↩

  80. Cornell LII: U.S. Constitution, Fifth Amendment legal authority ↩

  81. Cornell LII: 28 U.S.C. ch. 16, Complaints Against Judges and Judicial Discipline (§§351–364) legal authority ↩

  82. ABA Journal: DOJ files complaint against federal judge for alleged hostility against government lawyer · Timeline 2025-02-21 → ledger ↩↩↩↩

  83. MS NOW: Patel ousts senior FBI agents linked to Trump probes · MS NOW: Atlanta FBI boss ousted after balking at 2020 election probe · Timeline 2026-01-23 → ledger ↩↩↩

  84. MS NOW: FBI fires agents who scrutinized Patel in Trump documents case · MS NOW: Patel’s latest firings ousted agents with expertise in Iran · Timeline 2026-02-25 → ledger ↩↩↩↩↩

  85. MS NOW: FBI fires analyst who worked 2017 baseball-practice shooting case · Timeline 2026-05-29 → ledger ↩

  86. American Oversight: Watchdog seeks IG probe after records show Ogles’s lawyer asked Ed Martin to end DOJ investigation · Timeline 2026-05 → ledger ↩↩↩

  87. CBS News: DOJ moves to dismiss charges against David Hearn · CBS News: DOJ inspector general won’t investigate Reflecting Pool prosecutors · Timeline 2026-07-31 → ledger ↩↩↩↩

  88. CBS News: prosecutor fired after investigating ICE officer · Timeline 2026-09-03 → ledger ↩↩↩

  89. CREW: DOJ has lost 6,000 years of expertise · Timeline 2026-01-16 → ledger ↩↩↩↩↩↩

  90. Reason: FBI probe of reporter for “stalking” · U.S. Press Freedom Tracker: FBI Director Kash Patel targets press · Timeline 2026-04-20 → ledger ↩

  91. CREW: DOJ IG should investigate Patel’s Olympics trip · Timeline 2026-02-24 → ledger ↩

  92. Cornell LII: 5 U.S.C. §2303, Prohibited personnel practices in the Federal Bureau of Investigation legal authority ↩

  93. CBS News: Justice Department fires U.S. attorney in New York hours after judges picked him for the job · Timeline 2026-02-11 → ledger ↩↩↩↩↩

  94. Cornell LII: 28 U.S.C. §541, United States attorneys ((c) removal by the President) legal authority ↩

  95. WBUR: Trump administration fires Boston immigration judge who issued ruling in Öztürk case · Timeline 2026-04-10 → ledger ↩↩↩↩↩

  96. Cornell LII: 8 C.F.R. §1003.10, Immigration judges legal authority ↩↩

  97. WTOP/CBS News: Justice Department employee who was prosecuted over Jan. 6 Capitol attack resigns · Timeline 2026-04-02 → ledger ↩↩

  98. CNN: Weaponization Working Group’s first report, on the FACE Act · NBC News: Pressure on the group to deliver results · Timeline 2026-04-14 → ledger ↩

  99. NPR: J6 demotions Mar 1 · ProPublica: how Ed Martin is weaponizing the DOJ · Timeline 2025-02-28 → ledger ↩↩↩

  100. Axios: 50 fired Mar 31 · Timeline 2025-03-31 → ledger ↩↩

  101. Bloomberg Tax: what’s next after DOJ dissolved its tax division · Timeline 2025-11-30 → ledger ↩↩↩

  102. CBS News: top DOJ antitrust officials fired · Timeline 2025-07-28 → ledger ↩

  103. PBS/AP: judge blocks moving FBI headquarters out of Maryland · WJLA: Federal judge rules Trump administration can’t halt FBI HQ move to Greenbelt · Maryland Attorney General: Statement on victory in FBI headquarters lawsuit · Timeline 2026-08-17 → ledger ↩↩↩

  104. NBC News: FBI agents tied to Trump investigations are fired · Timeline 2025-11-04 → ledger ↩↩

  105. PBS/AP: 2 former FBI agents say they were fired over roles in Trump 2020 election probe · Timeline 2026-03-19 → ledger ↩↩↩↩

  106. American Oversight: Watchdog seeks IG probe after records show Ogles’s lawyer asked Ed Martin to end DOJ investigation · Timeline 2025-12-12 → ledger ↩

  107. American Oversight: Watchdog seeks IG probe after records show Ogles’s lawyer asked Ed Martin to end DOJ investigation · Timeline 2026-10-22 → ledger ↩↩

  108. NYT: six prosecutors quit over push to investigate widow · CBS Minnesota: Civil Rights Division resignations · Star Tribune: backlash sets back federal fraud cases · Timeline 2026-01-13 → ledger ↩

  109. MS NOW: FBI fires agents who scrutinized Patel in Trump documents case · Timeline 2026-02-26 → ledger ↩↩

  110. MS NOW: FBI fires analysts behind memo on radical Catholic ideology · MS NOW: Patel’s FBI purges become a defining feature · Timeline 2026-06-05 → ledger ↩↩

  111. PBS News/AP: Todd Blanche narrowly confirmed as Trump’s attorney general in overnight vote · Yahoo News: Todd Blanche confirmed as attorney general in 50–49 Senate vote · Timeline 2026-08-08 → ledger ↩↩↩↩

  112. Yahoo News: Todd Blanche confirmed as attorney general in 50–49 Senate vote · (Source note: no opened source confirms the Aug 10 Bove swearing-in.) · Timeline 2026-08-10 → ledger ↩

  113. Guardian: Todd Blanche declines to pledge independence from White House · NBC News: Attorney General Todd Blanche says DOJ may take states’ voter roll fight to Supreme Court · Timeline 2026-08-16 → ledger ↩↩

  114. CBS News: Trump slams Jeanine Pirro for dropping Reflecting Pool vandalism cases · Timeline 2026-08-01 → ledger ↩↩

  115. CBS News: Trump slams Jeanine Pirro for dropping Reflecting Pool vandalism cases · CBS News: Pirro brought box of evidence · Timeline 2026-08-03 → ledger ↩↩

  116. CBS News: DOJ inspector general won’t investigate Reflecting Pool prosecutors · Timeline 2026-10-21 → ledger ↩

  117. MPR News: Feds seek to boot Minnesota judges from immigration cases after public comments · Timeline 2026-10-21 → ledger ↩↩

  118. Lynnwood Times: Rogoff out again: Federal appeals court halts reinstatement of US Attorney fired by Trump · Timeline 2026-10-04 → ledger ↩↩↩↩↩

  119. Reuters (via Yahoo): US DOJ’s misconduct complaint against judge in transgender military ban case gets tossed · Timeline 2025-09-29 → ledger ↩↩↩↩

  120. CBS News: DOJ’s settlement with Trump bans IRS from taking action against him over old tax returns · Lawfare: Attorney General Blanche’s purported waiver of Trump’s past tax liabilities · Timeline 2026-05-19 → ledger ↩↩

  121. Democracy Docket: Attorney General Blanche said Trump’s “weaponization fund” was dead. Now DOJ is appealing · Timeline 2026-09-11 → ledger ↩↩

  122. CBS News: Top lawyer in DOJ’s National Security Division abruptly resigns · NBC News: Top DOJ officials resign after midterm landslide, including head of ‘grand conspiracy’ investigation · Timeline 2026-11-06 → ledger ↩↩↩

  123. NBC News: Top DOJ officials resign after midterm landslide, including head of ‘grand conspiracy’ investigation · CBS News: Top DOJ official resigns amid questions surrounding “grand conspiracy” probe · Timeline 2026-11-06 → ledger ↩↩↩

  124. CBS News: Top lawyer in DOJ’s Civil Division is latest in string of resignations · NBC News live blog (Nov 9): Assistant Attorney General Brett Shumate resigns · Timeline 2026-11-09 → ledger ↩↩↩