U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) lawyers who refuse orders could be fired, the new head of the department has said on her first day on the job.
“The responsibilities of Department of Justice attorneys include not only aggressively enforcing criminal and civil laws enacted by Congress, but also vigorously defending presidential policies and actions against legal challenges on behalf of the United States. The discretion afforded Department attorneys entrusted with those responsibilities does not include latitude to substitute personal political views or judgments for those that prevailed in the election,” U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi wrote in a memorandum dated Feb. 5….