Overview
- Reports from the Star Tribune and AP say eight additional lawyers are leaving or set to leave, on top of six resignations in January, with more departures considered possible.
- Ana Voss, the civil division chief who has managed hundreds of wrongful-detention petitions stemming from recent immigration operations, is among the latest to exit.
- The office now has fewer than 20 attorneys, and earlier losses included key leaders such as Joe Thompson on major fraud cases, Harry Jacobs on fraud oversight, and Thomas Calhoun-Lopez on violent and major crimes.
- Justice Department officials say they remain focused on fraud enforcement and are bringing in lawyers from other districts and military JAG attorneys to bolster staffing, with some assignments reported to begin in March.
- Multiple outlets link the resignations to internal disputes over the handling of shootings by federal agents, including the DOJ’s decision not to open a civil rights probe into Renee Good’s death and its subsequent decision to open one in the Alex Pretti case.