It’s difficult to succinctly explain how extreme and extraordinary President Donald Trump’s actions as president have been. But few things tell the tale like the many government officials – including lots of Trump appointees – who have called that out.
So many people have served with Trump and seemingly tried to make the best of the situation, only to find themselves pushed to the brink.
CNN’s Zachary B. Wolf in 2023 counted two dozen Trump Cabinet members, top officials and allies who turned against him.
And increasingly, this phenomenon has taken hold at the Justice Department.
As Trump has set about wielding the department in extraordinarily political ways – culminating in the Trump-demanded indictments of former FBI director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James – the departures have proliferated.
They include a number of conservative US attorneys and prosecutors whom T
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