"Quite frankly I was pissed off!" Growing online page chronicles Trump Justice Dept. resignation letters [View all]
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Source: msn/CBS News
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One letter said, "It became clear that it was time for me to go." Another read, "I cannot continue to serve in such a hostile and toxic work environment." Amid a growing wave of firings, resignations and retirements from the Justice Department, some former agency officials are curating a public online display of the farewell messages of ousted employees. Some of the letters from purged non-political career Justice Department attorneys warn of a threat to democracy and a crumbling of the norms and standards in federal prosecutions.
Justice Connection, a group of former Justice Department employees, has organized and posted the online page of goodbye messages. The organization's executive director and founder, Stacey Young, a former civil division attorney for the Justice Department, said the Justice Department purge has now eclipsed 5,000 employees since January, including resignations, firings and retirements.
Some of those ousted have included high-profile department leaders, who wrote farewell messages expressing their fears about the trajectory of the Justice Department as agency employees have been purged.
"These messages are from people who are trying to encapsulate the thought of losing their careers," said Peter Carr, a longtime Justice Department public affairs specialist who was fired earlier this year. Carr, now a spokesperson for Justice Connection, told CBS News, "Somebody needed to capture all of these letters, so that they're not lost to history." "These messages show what is happening in our country at this moment," he said.
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Link to site - Farewell Messages by Recent DOJ Alumni
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