Greg Rosen led the team of lawyers and paralegals who prosecuted the Jan 6 Capitol rioters. Remembering how "our democracy was attacked is essential," he writes on Substack. "Five years later, it might be one of the most important things left to do."

This is a welcome proposal that would safeguard community efforts to reduce tensions, prevent violence, and protect crime victims.

DOJ’s transformation in 2025 from a pillar of the rule of law to a weapon for political vengeance has been “reckless and shocking and terrifying,” as our exec director told Al Jazeera.

We achieved an extraordinary amount in 2025 with a skeleton staff and small budget, along with legions of DOJ alumni and other supporters. We have ambitious plans to scale up our work in 2026 - but we’ll need help. Please consider donating if you can. www.thejusticeconnection.org/donate/

Fmr Civil Rights Division lawyers explained to the WP edit board how Title VI works. Disparate-impact standards do not mandate racial preferences. They require evidence, rigor and accountability. Discarding them weakens the promise of equal protection. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

Dir Patel’s focus on appearances is “an embarrassment” to the FBI’s professional ethic, as exec dir Stacey Young said. “He needs a field jacket that fits just right, a ‘Punisher’-inspired challenge coin and a new fleet of foreign cars to drive around in.”

DOJ’s refusal to disburse funding that Congress has appropriated for human trafficking survivors is disgraceful. “It just doesn’t make any sense, because the money is there," said Kris Rose, JC member and frmr director of DOJ’s Office for Victims of Crime.

Frequent mistakes have fast eroded courts’ trust in this DOJ. As we told Democracy Docket, “If a lawyer is not careful enough to catch these mistakes, it makes the court question the validity of the facts and legal arguments in the filing as well."

DOJ’s delays in reviewing appeals that could restore funding to life-saving programs put victims and communities at risk and, as a former head of the grants office told Reuters, “ultimately undermine the department’s core public safety mission."

DOJ’s effort to label left-wing networks as domestic terrorists puts political speech at risk and, as our advisory committee member Mike Feinberg told the Post, ignores the “lion’s share of nihilistic violent extremists.”

For nearly 10 years, Tom Mariani led the enforcement of our nation's environmental laws. In this Substack post, he warns that severe cuts to staffing and historic lows in civil lawsuits will have long-lasting affects to our health and environment.

Dan Bongino’s legacy at the FBI: Purging supervisory agents and learning that it’s much easier to spread conspiracy theories about the FBI than it is to actually lead the FBI.

Appx 1 in 7 immigration judges have been terminated this year. As one fired judge tells Bloomberg, this is an attack on due process, the rule of law, human decency and judicial independence.

Pardoned Jan. 6 rioters are now directing DOJ on how to punish the very prosecutors who put them in jail. As one former prosecutor said, “It’s sort of a lynch mob trying to put as many heads on stakes as they can for having the temerity to enforce the law.”

The WH is moving forward with Lindsey Halligan's nomination as US Atty for EDVA. We released questions the Senate should ask before deciding to confirm one of the least qualified attorneys to serve as a prosecutor in that office, much less be its leader.

Sen. Grassley has long been an oversight hawk, but his silence on this admin’s dismantling of DOJ is deafening. As our exec director told AP, “Does Sen. Grassley think it’s OK that people get fired for doing their jobs?”

A look into the lengths this DOJ will go to quash its perceived enemies. As our deputy director Jen Swedish told @propublica.org, “The end goal was never to conduct a thorough, unbiased investigation. The end goal was to file a damn complaint — or have something to threaten the university.”

Wynne Kelly led the department's efforts to hold immigration judges accountable for misconduct. In this Substack post, he warns the administration has thrown away reforms right when the potential for misconduct could not be higher.

Today is the 68th anniversary of the creation of the DOJ Civil Rights Division, and over 200 recent employees have shared an open letter decrying the near-destruction of the division’s mission and expressing the hope to one day rebuild it.

When the FBI deploys agents to tackle assignments they aren't trained for, agents need to know their leadership will have their backs. They won't get that from FBI Director Patel, as this lawsuit from Washington Litigation Group demonstrates. washingtonlitigationgroup.org/news/12-form...

LGBTQ+ inmates are over six times more likely to be sexually assaulted than the general prison population. The reckless and inhumane decision to end LGBTQ protections in prisons will immediately put people in danger.

Trump delegating presidential pardon decisions to DOJ is lazy and dangerous. As former Pardon Attorney @lawyeroyer.com said, “When I was at the Justice Department, we would have taken the position that the president could not delegate the decision about who’s covered” by a pardon.

The Trump admin's "flood the zone" strategy makes it hard to keep up with attacks on the DOJ and rule of law. That's why we built the DOJ Tracker—and are publishing monthly recaps in Substack. Here's what you need to know from November: justiceconnection.substack.com/p/doj-tracke...

FBI leadership is pressuring agents to investigate lawmakers for seditious conspiracy for stating the law. Agents reportedly pushed back, saying they lack legal and factual basis to open an investigation. Justice requires following the facts & the law - nothing more, nothing less.

Three former leaders of DOJ's Community Relations Service share in this Substack post how the Trump Administration is rapidly dismantling one of the best investments ever made to reduce violence and promote justice.

Article II of the Constitution directs POTUS to "take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed" - instead, this administration believes it gives POTUS the authority to violate federal anti-discrimination laws and trample on the 1st Amendment.

Politicization is reshaping even the most tradition-bound office in DOJ—the solicitor general’s office. With more WH interference and briefs that needlessly praise President Trump, some legal scholars say the office sounds like a “zealous ideologue.”

President Trump terrifies immigrant communities under the guise of cracking down on drug trafficking while pardoning actual traffickers and dismantling DOJ’s most effective team fighting organized crime.

The court has rightly pressed DOJ to protect the identities of Epstein victims before it publicly releases additional materials. Revealing PII without victims' permission would be a shocking betrayal of trust and violation of DOJ's own policies.

DOJ has launched a new unit dedicated to gun owners' rights. As Stacey Young told Reuters, this focus is far outside the longstanding mission of the Civil Rights Division and is moving us even further away from our nation's commitment to protecting all Americans' civil rights.

The Community Relations Service is one of the best investments we've ever made to reduce violence. Community organizations who value its work are seeking to block the administration's efforts to shut CRS down.

On career DOJ attorneys: “The problem is not that DOJ lawyers are not complying with their ethical and legal requirements. The problem is they’re being ordered to,” our exec director told @contrariannews.org

Stacey Young to the Guardian: “The purge we’ve witnessed at DOJ has been catastrophic, and it isn’t slowing down.” From civil rights to public corruption to drug trafficking cases, core functions of the DOJ have been decimated by this admin.

Advisory Committee member Rupa Bhattacharyya told The Hill re Pres Trump’s demand for $230 million in “damages” from DOJ: “Like anything else in government, it depends on good faith actors. If you don’t have good faith actors, then things can go bad really fast.” thehill.com/homenews/adm...

DOJ is supposed to enforce the law as it is written, but time and again this DOJ's leadership seeks to dictate what it thinks the law should be. The decision to not follow the law has consequences, as we’ve seen with this ruling today.

About 5,000 employees have left DOJ since January. We collected some of their farewell messages. As our spokesperson @petercarr10.bsky.social told CBS, they “show what is happening in our country at this moment.”

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Joe Gerbasi spent decades at DOJ fighting global narcotics trafficking. In this Substack post, he highlights the dangerous consequences of cutting off dialogues and pulling back personnel who work directly with partners in China, Mexico, and South America. open.substack.com/pub/justicec...

DOJ is supposed to protect people from illegal discrimination in the workplace, not perpetrate it. Daniel showed a lot of courage coming forward and standing up not just for himself but for every employee at the FBI.

DOJ has fired scores of qualified immigration judges, only to replace them with military lawyers with no experience in immigration law. This raises serious legal issues, but also threatens judicial independence and due process for those navigating the immigration system.

DOJ has refused to protect line attorneys from congressional inquiries, exposing them to significant legal risk. The Supreme Court has repeatedly acknowledged that one of the basic functions of the Fifth Amendment is to protect the innocent. thehill.com/homenews/hou...

“We need people across the political spectrum fighting to uphold the rule of law, including at the local level," our exec director told CBS.

The FBI's motto is Fidelity, Bravery, Integrity. Think about each of those words while reading this profile. The dedicated men and women at the FBI deserve so much better.

Fmr DOJ spokesman @petercarr10.bsky.social shares in our Substack that our safety, prosperity, and rights depend on an institution that is under attack. We once fought for these ideals within DOJ, but for many of us, the best way to fight for DOJ is on the outside.

Lindsey Halligan successfully indicted Comey after multiple career prosecutors told her there was not enough evidence. The judge's ruling demonstrates the perils of this administration disregarding the expertise and experience of career employees.

Fmr DOJ officials on lethal boat strikes: 1) the intelligence isn't always accurate, and 2) the US is no longer questioning human sources on the boats. The strikes are eliminating valuable human intelligence to target cartel leadership.

Those quoted by name here are part of our alumni network, including two from our staff. We took an oath to defend the Constitution, and part of that oath is standing up for an institution under attack. Join us in fighting for justice - before it's too late.

5,500 DOJ officials have been pushed out by the administration so far, as our executive director told @glennkirschner.bsky.social. Many were reportedly fired for working on cases the president doesn't like or for personal connections to individuals he opposes.

The Justice Connection Legal Network provides pro bono legal support from DOJ alumni volunteers to support our former colleagues who are being illegally pushed out or asked to violate the law. To access support, volunteer, or donate, visit our website: www.thejusticeconnection.org

Our justice system is under attack like never before. We're grateful to @glennkirschner.bsky.social and all the DOJ alumni mobilizing to support DOJ’s apolitical workforce — and the democratic norms that protect us all.