According to Politico, morale at the Justice Department is terrible.
” “The system sucks. This job sucks. And I am trying every breath that I have so that I can get you what you need,” prosecutor Julie Le told a judge as he demanded to know why his orders were being defied. “Sometime I wish you would just hold me in contempt, your honor, so that I can have a full 24 hours of sleep,” she added, according to a transcript obtained by POLITICO.
“Part of the problem, Le said, is that Immigrations and Customs Enforcement officials simply don’t respond when she or other Justice Department lawyers try to get them to obey the courts. …
“But it’s clear that the cases Le handled are not outliers. Court records and transcripts reveal widespread miscommunication, bungling of court filings and suddenly rampant violations of judges’ orders. The administration’s handling of its immigration operation provoked a five-alarm emergency among federal judges in the state, who have grown increasingly frustrated at what they see as overt defiance — caused not by the local prosecutors in Minnesota but by DOJ and DHS leadership in Washington. Contempt threats are now almost routine.”
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