Craig Futterman on Pam Bondi and Department of Justice Changes
Craig Futterman criticized Pam Bondi and the Trump administration for significantly weakening the Department of Justice's civil rights division, leading to the departure of over 70% of its attorneys. He argued that this division, which historically protected vulnerable groups, has been transformed into an instrument attacking civil rights, particularly for Black, brown, women, and LGBTQ+ communities.
Craig Futterman on Pam Bondi and Department of Justice Changes
Pam Bondi’s Blind Obedience
Bondi has decimated the department’s civil rights division, which historically investigated whether federal officers had used excessive force in killings like Good’s. As division head Harmeet Dhillon turned its mission upside down, more than 70% of its attorneys left. University of Chicago Law School Professor Craig Futterman explained that the Trump administration “is using a division that has a history of protecting the most vulnerable among us to wage an all-out assault on the civil rights of vulnerable people, including Black people, brown people, women, LGBTQIA folk.”
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