Briefings

On January 31, 2025, Ranking Member Jamie Raskin led Committee Democrats in a virtual Member briefing discussion examining the Trump Administration’s alarming assault on the career federal prosecutors, special agents, and law enforcement professionals of the Department of Justice (DOJ). The briefing featured a panel of experts, who discussed the rights, recourses, and resources available to DOJ and other federal employees in the face of the Trump Administration’s recent attacks recent attacks on the federal government’s nonpartisan, expert career DOJ employees, including wide-spread removals, demotions, and involuntary reassignments, likely in violation of federal law, as well as the Administration’s dubious “deferred resignation” proposal.

WATCH Ranking Member Raskin’s opening remarks at the Democratic briefing, titled “Rights, Recourses, and Resources for DOJ Employees Targeted by Trump.”

The briefing featured testimony from a diverse panel of experts, including:

• Stacey Young, Former Senior Trial Attorney, DOJ Civil Rights Division, and Founder and Executive Director, Justice Connection. WATCH her opening remarks.
• Rob Shriver, Former Acting Director, U.S. Office of Personnel Management, and Managing Director, Democracy Forward’s Civil Service Strong Initiative. WATCH his opening remarks.
• Dana Gold, Senior Director of Advocacy & Strategy and the Director of the Democracy Protection Initiative, Government Accountability Project. WATCH her opening remarks.
• Jim Eisenmann, Former Executive Director, U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board, and Partner, Alden Law Group.  WATCH his opening remarks.
• Erica Newland, Counsel, Protect Democracy. WATCH her opening remarks.