Roughly 70% of attorneys at the Justice Department’s civil rights division are leaving or were reassigned in recent months, according to multiple people familiar with the departures, as Trump administration officials elevate ideological priorities over its historic missions.
The recent or upcoming departures of more than 250 of the division’s approximately 380 lawyers since President Donald Trump took office follows efforts by political leadership to refocus its resources toward conservative priorities, including anti-Christian bias and gun rights. Established in 1957 during the civil rights movement, the division has historically enforced anti-discrimination laws in voting, education, housing, and other areas.
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