Ex-DOJ official's call for pro-Trump federal prosecutors could be 'dangerous,' former prosecutor warns
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Calls by a former and current DOJ official for lawyers who "support President Trump" to join the DOJ "flatly contradict" federal laws, an ex-prosecutor says.
Over the weekend, the former chief of staff of the Justice Department -- who was one of Attorney General Pam Bondi's top advisers during her first seven months on the job -- issued a public call for lawyers who "support President Trump" to join the Justice Department's ranks.
In a post on X, the former chief of staff, Chad Mizelle, seemed to suggest he could help such applicants become career federal prosecutors -- who by law are supposed to be apolitical.
"DM me," Mizelle wrote, referring to direct messages sent privately to him. "We need good prosecutors."
Forty minutes later, one of President Donald Trump's top policy advisers, White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller, reposted Mizelle's message, adding, "Patriots needed." And then on Monday, the current U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Jason Reding Quinones, also reposted Mizelle's message, saying, "We are hiring!"
There are political appointees within the Justice Department, including certain leaders based in Washington and the U.S. attorneys who oversee offices around the country -- but the assistant U.S. attorneys, or AUSAs, who investigate and prosecute cases in those offices are supposed to be nonpolitical and nonpartisan.
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