A prosecutor w/years of experience at the US Dept of #Justice has resigned amid major changes from the #Trump admin, telling NPR, "It just was not a Department of Justice that I any longer wanted to associate with."
In a sharp resignation letter shared w/NPR, fmr Asst US Atty Sean Murphy warned of the erosion of the #DOJ's #independence from the president, writing to his coworkers, "you serve no man."
#law #ConstitutionalCrisis #democracy
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/20/nx-s1-5330879/trump-justice-doj-prosecutor-resignation-jan-6
Murphy is a veteran prosecutor who previously worked for the Bronx DA in NY. In 2018, during #Trump's first term, he joined the US Atty's Office in Puerto Rico & worked on drug trafficking & illegal gun prosecutions. Most recently, he served in the #DOJ's Capitol Siege Section, which prosecuted >1,500 people for crimes stemming from the #Jan6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol [all of whom were pardoned by #felon47].