In previous administrations, fatal shootings by federal agents typically triggered automatic civil rights investigations. The Justice Department has remained defiant in the face of the internal criticism. The staffing shortage has already forced the Justice Department to fly in “temporary duty” prosecutors from other Midwestern states to manage a swelling caseload. The crisis in Minneapolis is mirrored at the highest levels of the Justice Department in Washington. Harmeet Dhillon, the Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights, has reportedly declined to authorize use-of-force investigations in multiple jurisdictions.