By The Numbers — Attorney General + DOJ PURSE
Pam Bondi Ousted; The State of the DOJ
Mainstream coverage treats each firing as isolated; we'll track the velocity and pattern of DOJ leadership changes under this administration versus predecessors, and map the legal exposure driving the instability.
Trump has fired Attorney General Pam Bondi. The Department of Justice struggles to withstand a historically significant purge.
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SOURCES005
MARKETS003
POLLS003
No Watchdog
001
Days into Trump's second term before the director of the Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR) was fired
Source: Brennan Center for Justice
10
mass firings
004
Federal prosecutors who left DOJ in 2025
2,900attorneys
005
Percentage of civil rights division lawyers who left or were forced out by mid-2025
Source: Justice Connection / NPR / OPB
75%
006
Percentage of employment discrimination lawyers remaining
14%
fewer lawyers, fewer cases
008
Percentage of criminal cases dismissed by D.C. federal prosecutors over eight weeks in 2025
21%
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Dismissal rate over the prior 10 years under normal staffing
0.5%
Readers & Markets
What happens next, in numbers.
3 open markets tied to this story, with $1.4M in volume on the line — and 3 polls measuring where opinion sits. Prices and vote shares update in real time.
Open Markets
03 contracts
Trump to nominate Todd Blanche to replace Pam Bondi as Attorney General
Source: PredictIt
Blanche
45¢
Pirro
45¢
Zeldin
20¢
DeSantis
10¢
Dhillon
9¢
Paxton
3¢
Odds that a poll says more than 50% of Republicans OK with Trump third term
Source: Manifold
Yes55¢
No45¢
Reader Polls
03 surveys
Department of Justice Favorability Rating
Source: Pew Research Center
Unfavorable
46%
Favorable
39%
Approval of Trump's Cabinet Picks and High-level Appointees
Source: Pew Research Center
Approve
46%
Disapprove
52%
Support for Effort to Quickly Reduce the Size of the Federal Government Workforce Through Deferred Resignations and Firings
Source: Ipsos
Support
40%
Oppose
55%