{"id":2608868,"date":"2026-05-31T21:12:02","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T01:12:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/over-10000-lawyers-have-left-the-federal-government-since-end-of-2024-report\/"},"modified":"2026-05-31T21:13:20","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T01:13:20","slug":"over-10000-lawyers-have-left-the-federal-government-since-end-of-2024-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/over-10000-lawyers-have-left-the-federal-government-since-end-of-2024-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Over 10,000 lawyers have left the federal government since end of 2024: Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/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%2Fover-10000-lawyers-have-left-the-federal-government-since-end-of-2024-report%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=2608868&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>More than 10,000 lawyers left the federal government after the start of President Donald trump\u2019s administration in January 2025, according to a New York Times report. Federal employment records cited in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/more-on-pennsylvania-another-statistical-analysis-shows-roughly-300000-biden-votes-are-questionable\/\" title=\"More on Pennsylvania ... Another Statistical Analysis Shows Roughly 300,000 Biden Votes Are Questionable\">analysis show<\/a> that about one-fifth of the lawyers working for the government at the end of December 2024 had departed by March 2026,a shift the report links to Trump administration efforts to reduce the federal workforce.<\/p>\n<p>Trump argued on Truth Social that those leaving were opposed to his political agenda (\u201cRadical Left Deep State Lunatics\u201d) and said the administration wants lawyers who will help \u201cMAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN.\u201d the article connects the exodus in part to staffing cuts and to staff resignations from people who objected to trump\u2019s policies, along with normal turnover. it also notes that many departing lawyers have reportedly found roles with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dems-include-money-for-abortion-providers-in-1-9-trillion-covid-aid-package\/\" title=\"Dems Include Money for Abortion Providers in .9 Trillion COVID Aid Package\">democratic state attorneys general<\/a> or nonprofit organizations opposing the administration.<\/p>\n<p>By agency, the Department of Education had fewer than half as many lawyers as it did at the end of 2024, while the Department of Homeland Security was the onyl major agency that increased it&#8217;s number of lawyers during the same period.The article further discusses the role of Trump\u2019s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), which was created after an executive order and was initially aimed at reforming bureaucracy and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/elon-musk-expresses-disappointment-with-trumps-beautiful-bill-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"... expresses disappointment with ...s \u2018beautiful bill\u2019 ... Washington Examiner\">modernizing federal technology<\/a>; even though it ultimately focused more on technology and exposing waste, fraud, and abuse, the administration also fired thousands of federal employees in February. Musk led DOGE after Ramaswamy left, and DOGE was later disbanded in November.  <\/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<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Over 10,000 <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/law\/\">lawyers<\/a> have left the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/federal\/\">federal government<\/a> since just before President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\">Donald Trump<\/a> took office in January 2025, according to a <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/05\/31\/us\/politics\/trump-administration-exodus-of-lawyers.html\">report<\/a> released Sunday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The federal employment data show that approximately one-fifth of government lawyers employed at the end of December 2024 had left by March of this year, providing evidence that the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/trump-administration\/\">Trump administration\u2019s<\/a> efforts to reduce the federal workforce have proven at least somewhat successful.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4567532\/june-social-security-direct-payment-goes-out-one-day\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div 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href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4567348\/june-social-security-direct-payment-two-days\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>June Social Security direct payment worth $994 goes out in two days<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump said as such on <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/116671034709432638\">Truth Social<\/a>, in which he criticized the <em>New York Times<\/em> <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/05\/31\/us\/politics\/trump-administration-exodus-of-lawyers.html\">analysis<\/a> for framing the \u201cstriking exodus of legal talent\u201d as \u201ca bad thing.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe people that are leaving are Radical Left Deep State Lunatics, who are destroying our Country, and Weaponizing Government,\u201d Trump said. \u201cWe want people that will, MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN, not people that are trying to destroy our Country, that were put in by Obama and Biden and, in many cases, they shouldn\u2019t have been representing the U.S.A. in the first place.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Almost a year and a half ago, Trump signed an <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/presidential-actions\/2025\/01\/establishing-and-implementing-the-presidents-department-of-government-efficiency\/\">executive order <\/a>creating the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/department-of-government-efficiency\/\">Department of Government Efficiency<\/a>, an initiative led by <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/elon-musk\/\">Elon Musk<\/a> that sought to \u201cmodernize federal technology and software\u201d and <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3236779\/musk-ramaswamy-reveal-top-four-things-know-about-doge\/\">broadly rein<\/a> in a federal <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/bureaucracy\/\">bureaucracy<\/a> that Republicans have long argued is too large. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The effort was originally conceived as a legal reform initiative to be co-led by <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/vivek-ramaswamy\/\">Vivek Ramaswamy<\/a>, who <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3294404\/vivek-ramaswamy-will-leave-doge-considers-run-ohio-governor\/\">left the department<\/a> to run for governor of Ohio that January. In a co-authored <em>Wall Street Journal<\/em> <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/opinion\/musk-and-ramaswamy-the-doge-plan-to-reform-government-supreme-court-guidance-end-executive-power-grab-fa51c020?mod=opinion_lead_pos5\">opinion piece<\/a> published in November 2024, Musk and Ramaswamy wrote that \u201cthe entrenched and ever<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >-growing bureaucracy represents<\/a> an existential threat to our republic.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">DOGE, under Musk\u2019s sole leadership, ultimately focused more on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/doge-access-to-personal-data-is-legal-doj-argues-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"DOGE access to personal data is legal, DOJ argues ... Washington Examiner\">modernizing government technology<\/a> and exposing waste, fraud, and abuse than on reducing the federal headcount, but the administration did fire <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3322422\/thousands-federal-employees-lose-jobs-doge-shrink-workforce\/\">thousands of government employees<\/a> last February.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The analysis says that staffing reductions and \u201cthe resignations of some staff members who objected to Mr. Trump\u2019s policies\u201d paired with typical turnover to cause such a large volume of departures. The <em>New York Times <\/em>also reported that many such lawyers now work for Democratic state attorneys general and nonprofit organizations opposed to the administration.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/department-of-education\/\">Department of Education<\/a> now has fewer than half as many lawyers as it did at the end of 2024, while the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/department-of-homeland-security\/\">Department of Homeland Security<\/a> is the only agency to have gained lawyers over the same period.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4588429\/trump-america-is-back-rally-musician-boycott\/\"><strong>TRUMP PROPOSES \u2018AMERICA IS BACK\u2019 RALLY TO REPLACE FAIR AFTER MUSICIANS BOYCOTT<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump said in the Truth Social post that many of these lawyers had been fired and that he wishes them all well.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Musk and DOGE were constant sources of controversy during the Trump administration\u2019s first 100 days, but the department has remained out of the headlines since Musk left his government position last May. DOGE was disbanded in November.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over 10,000 federal lawyers left since Trump took office, report says. 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