Justice Department lawyers have repeatedly delayed or rebuffed the judge’s orders, culminating in a frustrating Thursday court hearing in which an exasperated but reluctant Sullivan floated the possibility of contempt proceedings.

“I just don’t want anyone to be blindsided if we have to go down that road,” he said. “It’s not a threat. It’s a promise. I have a job to administer justice, and I take that very seriously.”

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[–] 25 points 2 months ago (10 children)

They are playing the system. They know eventually a judge will hold them responsible. Their last move is who will enforce it... the DOJ?

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  • [–] 22 points 2 months ago (8 children)

    Individual lawyers can have their law licenses revoked for their involvement. Not everyone is willing and able to sacrifice everything for the Orange shit gibbon

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  • [–] 21 points 2 months ago (7 children)

    I'd argue that by this point, any lawyers with integrity who worked there are already gone.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    More than you think. I believe the DOJ lost 70% of lawyers in 2025 alone:

    https://www.npr.org/2025/05/19/g-s1-66906/trump-civil-rights-justice-exodus

    I heard later stories report 75%.

    Now, anyone they hired into the circus to try and replace them surely lacked integrity as a prerequisite.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 months ago

    Yeah. It's so bad that they're offering $25k signing bonuses for lawyers.

    Used to be, DOJ didn't have to do that because they had massive numbers of excessively qualified applicants climbing over each other to apply.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago

    A federal judge can fine every lawyer that worked on any part of this $5000 a day until they quit the DoJ or the judge has the files in hand. That's civil contempt and there isn't a fucking thing the DoJ can do about it.

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