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NJCher

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2. Working for DOJ

Reply to Miles Archer (Original post)

Sun May 31, 2026, 10:39 PM

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Has always been prestigious, but working there while trump messes with the law is a mark of unprofessionalism.

I am now reading Andrew Weissman's new book, Liars Kingdom, and he goes into why attorneys would work at DOJ for a fraction of the salary they could get elsewhere. Another one who expounds on this is Harry Litman, whose podcast "Talking Feds" is a favorite of mine. Harry was appointed when Clinton was in office to be United States Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania.

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