The workload isn’t surprising given the fact that the U.S. Attorney’s Offices in Minnesota are down to just 9 prosecutors from their usual staffing of 50, primarily due to the huge number of resignations from lawyers who refused to continue working under the Trump administration Justice Department’s destruction of normal constitutional legal procedures and practices.
Legal experts on social media were flabbergasted.
National security attorney Mark S. Zaid said commentators often hear similar sentiments from DOJ attorneys behind closed doors, but hearing it on the record in federal court was extraordinary. Continue reading…