DOJ Staff Shrinks While Civil Caseloads Rise

A series of internal charts from the Justice Department reveal a shrinking workforce that is struggling to manage its civil caseloads, according to documents obtained by The Hill and its sister network NewsNation. The charts were inadvertently shared and later recalled, exposing a significant decline in the number of attorneys within the department’s civil division.

The data show that the civil division’s attorney count has dropped sharply during the Trump administration, a trend that coincides with the department’s increased caseload. The reduced staffing levels are cited as a key factor in the department’s difficulty keeping pace with the volume of civil matters.

The charts show a sharp decline in civil division attorneys during the Trump administration.