Unease grows at the Justice Department as Trump’s threats get even more blunt

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Erik Siebert had worked closely with Trump’s top DOJ leaders this year, but he concluded he could not seek criminal charges the president wanted against James. Already this year thousands of employees have left the Justice Department through dismissals and forced resignations. “The president is fulfilling his promise to restore a Department of Justice that demands accountability, and it is not weaponizing the Department of Justice to demand accountability for those who weaponize the Department of Justice,” Leavitt said. The Justice Department has traditionally operated with some measure of distance from the White House on criminal investigations. During the presidency of Richard Nixon, public servants at the DOJ felt squeezed between what the president wanted and what the law required.