Justice Connection released a video calling on all Americans to join thousands of Justice Department alumni who are speaking up for justice – before it’s too late.
“The department is facing an existential crisis,” says Stacey Young, executive director and founder of Justice Connection, in the video. “The current administration is attempting to transform DOJ into a weapon for the president to enrich himself and punish his enemies. To do it, they are decimating the department’s apolitical career workforce.”
Jack Smith added that “as apolitical civil servants,” Justice Department career employees swore an oath to the Constitution – “not to any one president or political party.”
Since January, more than 5,000 career employees have been terminated, forced to resign, or strongly encouraged to leave through the Deferred Resignation Program. These were public servants whose core mission – through every administration – was to protect the safety, rights, and prosperity of all Americans.
The video highlights the attacks on the department and the ways Justice Connection is helping career employees across the department who are suffering at the hands of this administration.
“They supported my team when they were unjustly fired,” Smith says in the video, speaking of more than 30 prosecutors, FBI agents, and other officials terminated for working with the Special Counsel’s Office.
The video also features other former employees who have received legal, mental health, employment, or media support from Justice Connection since its founding eight months ago.
The video ends with a call to make protecting DOJ’s mission-critical work a top priority.
“The oath doesn’t end when the job does,” a chorus of voices cry out. “We will never stop fighting for those who serve our country. And we will never stop fighting for our country, our Constitution, and our democracy. Join us.”
