{"id":2448568,"date":"2025-06-17T18:23:01","date_gmt":"2025-06-17T22:23:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/doj-axes-4000-jobs-including-plans-to-end-1500-fbi-positions\/"},"modified":"2025-06-17T18:24:49","modified_gmt":"2025-06-17T22:24:49","slug":"doj-axes-4000-jobs-including-plans-to-end-1500-fbi-positions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/doj-axes-4000-jobs-including-plans-to-end-1500-fbi-positions\/","title":{"rendered":"DOJ axes 4,000 jobs, including plans to end 1,500 FBI positions"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdoj-axes-4000-jobs-including-plans-to-end-1500-fbi-positions%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2448568&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The Justice Department (DOJ) is implementing notable staffing cuts, leading to the elimination of over 4,000 jobs, including 1,500 positions at the FBI.This overhaul, outlined in the agency&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-endorsed-bibles-only-ones-that-fit-criteria-for-oklahoma-mandate-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Trump-endorsed Bibles only ones that fit criteria for Oklahoma mandate - ...\">fiscal 2026 budget request<\/a>, aims to enhance efficiency within the DOJ, which currently has around 105,000 employees. The budget document indicates that many of these cuts are due to previous staff departures during the Trump governance&#8217;s voluntary resignation program, which saved approximately $470 million.<\/p>\n<p>Despite these reductions, the FBI plans to focus on core missions, such as improving national security and addressing violent crime. The restructuring will see the elimination of over 700 vacant special agent positions and a relocation of personnel to field offices from Washington, D.C. In contrast to the job cuts, the DOJ is set to invest nearly $11 billion into combating violent crime, $10 billion for drug enforcement, and $3.6 billion for immigration enforcement and border security.However, the proposed budget does face a potential 7% overall cut from the previous year&#8217;s funding and requires Congressional approval.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">DOJ axes 4,000 jobs including plans to end 1,500 FBI positions<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2150964\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/department-of-justice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Justice Department<\/a> ended over 4,000 positions as part of a sweeping reorganization, including plans to cut 1,500 personnel from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/fbi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">FBI<\/a>, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pentagon-pumping-millions-into-high-altitude-balloon-research\/\" title=\"Pentagon Pumping Millions Into High-Altitude Balloon Research\">budget documents reviewed<\/a> by the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The agency&rsquo;s fiscal 2026 budget request, released Monday, confirms that 4,500 of those positions are already vacant following the Trump administration&rsquo;s &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3319205\/75000-federal-employees-take-trump-resignation-offer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Fork in the Road<\/a>&rdquo; deferred resignation program, which offered employees the chance to exit the government voluntarily in exchange for benefits. That initiative alone yielded an estimated $470 million in savings, according to the budget&rsquo;s summary page.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3445104\/mike-lindell-defamation-2-3-million-dominion-employee\/\">Mike Lindell to pay $2.3 million to former employee of leading voting company for defamation<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3444548\/nyc-mayoral-candidate-brad-lander-arrested-ice-immigration-hearing\/\">NYC mayoral candidate Brad Lander arrested by ICE at immigration hearing<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3444292\/ken-paxton-noncitizens-voting-texas-2024\/\">Ken Paxton opens investigations into noncitizens voting in Texas during 2024 election<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;Capitalizing on increased efficiency, the FBI will prioritize core missions of securing the border, eliminating transnational criminal organizations, reinforcing national security, and protecting the American people from violent crime,&rdquo; the department says in the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/media\/1403736\/dl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">summary<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The budget request notes that the total reduction aims to cover 5,093 positions across the DOJ.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the cuts for thousands of career employees, the reduction represents less than 5% of the DOJ&rsquo;s roughly 105,000-person workforce.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/fbi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">FBI&rsquo;s restructuring<\/a> will include the elimination of more than <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >700 vacant special agent roles<\/a> and a relocation of employees out of Washington, D.C., and into field offices, as previously announced by the FBI&rsquo;s director, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kash-patel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Kash Patel<\/a>, and deputy director, Dan Bongino, last month.<\/p>\n<p>In contrast to the staffing reductions, the DOJ budget request outlines robust investments in key priorities, including nearly $11 billion to combat violent crime and gangs, $10 billion for drug enforcement, and over $3.6 billion for immigration enforcement and border security. 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