Under Trump and his allies in the DOJ and DHS, federal attorneys are being asked to defend policies that defy the law and trample on basic rights — and the toll is showing in open court.
Judges don’t usually see inside the psyche of a federal prosecutor. But this week, in that Minnesota courtroom, we got an unfiltered glimpse of what it’s like to be on the front lines of an administration that turns justice on its head — and leaves its own attorneys wishing they were anywhere else.