'Catastrophic': Ex-DOJ officials rip Trump's 'reckless dismantling' to mark first 100 days

A group of former Justice Department staffers marked the first 100 days of Donald Trump's presidency by warning that the impact would be "catastrophic."

"Since coming into power, this administration has purged, threatened, and sidelined career civil servants at the Department of Justice, while shattering longstanding institutional norms," Justice Connection stated in a press release on Tuesday. "This administration's efforts to carry out these changes are resulting in an increasingly partisan Department that is fast losing the expertise, institutional knowledge, and credibility needed to carry out its vital work."

In a timeline of Trump's first 100 days, the group observed that the president's appointees had targeted the DOJ's Civil Rights Division..

A post on the X social media platform also pointed to a New York Timesreport about the division.

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"Hundreds of lawyers and other staff members are fleeing the arm of the agency that defends constitutional rights, which appointees intend to reshape to enact President Trump's agenda," the paper reported.

"With the reckless dismantling of Justice Dept. 's Civil Rights Division, we'll see unchecked discrimination & constitutional violations in schools, housing, employment, voting, prisons, & in many other realms of our lives," Justice Connection warned. "The impact will be catastrophic."

Justice Connection founder Stacey Young said that an untraumatized workforce was "absolutely critical" for the department.

"Dedicated career employees at the Department help ensure that our streets are safe, our nation is secure, and our system of law remains in place," Young said. "Without them, we leave ourselves far more vulnerable to safety threats and abuses of power."