Hundreds of civil servants have been fired from the U.S. Department of Justice this year.

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Hundreds of civil servants have been fired from the U.S. Department of Justice this year.

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This year, hundreds of employees at the Justice Department have been fired, sometimes over clashes with the Trump administration, and other times for unknown reasons.

Those departures are spreading fear across the workforce and transforming the Justice Department.

Newsportu Justice correspondent Carrie Johnson spoke with a few of the career civil servants who have lost their job for reasons they say are illegal or improper.

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This episode was produced by Elena Burnett, Christine Arrasmith and Jordan-Marie Smith. It was edited by Sami Yenigun, Ashley Brown, Nadia Lancy and Anna Yukhananov.
Our executive producer is Sami Yenigun.