Three high-profile officials have resigned from the Justice Department in the days since the midterms, including Jason Reding Quiñones, the senior federal prosecutor who led a sprawling investigation into Donald Trump’s political foes.

Quiñones resigned from his position as the US Attorney in Southern Florida under pressure from department leadership, despite his willingness to pursue some of the most controversial investigations desired by the president, according to sources familiar with the matter.

John Eisenberg, who led the department’s National Security Division, also announced his resignation Friday, and Harmeet Dhillon left her post as the head of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division on Thursday.

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[–] 38 points 10 hours ago

Sorry guys, rats are all tagged before they flee the ships these days. We won’t forget.

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    Midterm winners are already making progress, and they haven't even taken office yet.

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  • [–] 16 points 10 hours ago

    Rats fleeing the ship.

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  • [–] 14 points 9 hours ago

    If you did nothing wrong you have nothing to worry about

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  • [–] 9 points 9 hours ago

    I just heard on the radio this morning about Dhillon and how she had gotten rid of 300(!) career attorneys in the Civil Rights Division and installed a bunch of Trump cronies. This is going to take a while to clear up, despite them leaving.

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    The administration probably ordered them to do things they refused to do, like try and claim fraud in this election they clearly lost by a landslide.

    It explains why the president didn't do his usual fraud thing, he would have if he got the support.

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