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(10,360 posts) Mon Jun 1, 2026, 07:42 AM Monday

Trump responds to NYT article, says it's 'very good' administration is losing legal talent [View all]

(The Hill) President Trump on Sunday said it is “very good” that thousands of lawyers have chosen to no longer work for the administration, referring to The New York Times’s reporting on the exodus.

The Times story reported that more than 10,000 lawyers working for the federal government have left since the end of 2024 to March 2026. Many of these lawyers are “flocking to the offices of Democratic state attorneys general and nonprofits that are challenging administration policies in the courts, boosting Mr. Trump’s opponents with seasoned lawyers,” the report reads.

Trump wrote on Truth Social that the outlet “wrote a story today entitled, ‘Trump Administration Sees Striking Exodus of Legal Talent,’ as though that’s a bad thing, when actually, it’s very good.”

https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/trump-responds-nyt-article-says-221223044.html

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Trump responds to NYT article, says it's 'very good' administration is losing legal talent [View all] Dulcinea Monday OP

Neutering the law by alienating the brightest bucolic_frolic Monday #1

Only in the executive branch which is increasingly becoming a cult SSJVegeta Monday #4

Trump Administration Sees Striking Exodus of Legal Talent (New York Times Gift Article) LetMyPeopleVote Monday #2

Agreed. Less frivolous lawsuits and false charges SSJVegeta Monday #3

Sadly, I fear the opposite is true. YodaMom2 Monday #6

Wouldnt that lead to more disbarrments fairly quickly? And no ability or qualifications SSJVegeta Monday #7

The likelihood of failure would not prevent them from bringing cases. YodaMom2 Monday #8

Cases still have to have standing though SSJVegeta Monday #9

Also SSJVegeta Monday #10

The clowns he has hired have been getting laughed out of court. SamuelAdams Monday #5

yup Skittles Monday #17

removing the legal justification for the position of President cynical_idealist Monday #11

Donny doesn't want any of those fancy-pants smart people telling him what to do Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Monday #12

It will be extremely difficult to rebuild the DOJ maxsolomon Monday #13

They're leaving because they won't handle Chump's illegal lawsuits against political opponents FakeNoose Monday #14

"Legal talent? Who needs legal talent? We're fascists! The law doesn't apply to us anyway!" Karasu Monday #15

Don't forget, shistain IS a criminal dave99 Monday #16