The Justice Department is pressing its lawyers to take immediate transfers to the division getting deluged defending Trump policies from lawsuits.
DOJ tax and civil rights attorneys are among those receiving messages from their bosses in recent days encouraging them to apply for temporary details to the civil division units responsible for protecting the president’s agenda, according to emails reviewed by Bloomberg Law.
The outreach includes three different tax division leaders amplifying the opportunities in under 24 hours. It reflects a staffing urgency at a time when DOJ attorneys have struggled to justify the legality of Trump’s torrent of executive ...