司法部（DOJ）在中期选举后的一周内失去了第四位高级官员，民事部助理司法部长布雷特·舒马特（Brett Shumate）于周一辞职。民事部负责处理各类案件，在特朗普政府期间，随着案件量激增，该部门出现了大量人员离职。
The Department of Justice (DOJ) lost its fourth official in the week following the midterms, with Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Division Brett Shumate resigning Monday. The Civil Division handles a wide variety of cases and has seen significant departures during the Trump administration as caseloads soared.
司法部长托德·布兰奇（Todd Blanche）在社交平台X上写道：“在他的领导下，该部门开展了重要的主动诉讼，以挑战庇护政策，并在针对危及联邦执法的地方政策的诉讼中取得了关键胜利。”布兰奇继续表示：“该部门还达成了历史性和解，以终止非法的企业DEI（多元、公平与包容）做法，并关闭了数十家向未成年人提供所谓‘性别肯定护理’的诊所。我们感谢布雷特在司法部的服务，并祝愿他继续取得成功。”
“Under his leadership, the Division pursued important affirmative litigation to challenge sanctuary policies and delivered key wins in lawsuits against local policies that endangered federal law enforcement,” Attorney General Todd Blanche wrote on the social platform X. “The Division also secured historic settlements to end illegal corporate DEI practices and shuttered dozens of clinics which were providing so-called ‘gender affirming care’ to minors," Blanche continued. "We are grateful for Brett’s service at DOJ and wish him continued success.”
民权部负责人哈米特·迪隆（Harmeet Dhillon）是大选后首位离职的官员。负责监督针对特朗普总统调查的大规模起诉工作的南佛罗里达区联邦检察官杰森·雷丁·基诺内斯（Jason Reding Quiñones），以及国家安全部助理司法部长约翰·艾森伯格（John Eisenberg）均于周五辞职。
Harmeet Dhillon, who led the Civil Rights Division, was the first to depart after the election. U.S. Attorney Jason Reding Quiñones, whose South Florida district oversaw the sweeping probe of the investigations into President Trump, and John Eisenberg, assistant attorney general for the National Security Division, both resigned Friday.
舒马特曾监管多起备受争议的案件。这些案件包括：起诉为无证公民提供州内学费的大学、为特朗普关于邮寄选票限制的行政令进行辩护、对抗试图禁止联邦特工佩戴口罩的州级法律，以及起诉各州强制其向移民官员发放卧底车牌。
Shumate has overseen a number of controversial cases. These include suing universities that offered in-state tuition for undocumented citizens, defending Trump’s executive order on mail-in voting restrictions, fighting state-level laws that sought to ban federal agents from wearing masks and suing states to force them to issue undercover license plates to immigration officers.
在该离任官员的领导下，民事部人员流失严重，包括上诉组和联邦项目分支等高知名度部门，这两个部门涉及在法庭上为总统的优先事项进行辩护。政府在上诉法院败诉案件方面采取了激进做法，导致剩余上诉人员必须处理的案件激增。
Under the outgoing official, the Civil Division was bleeding staff, including among high-profile divisions like Appellate Staff and the Federal Programs Branch, two areas involved with defending the president's priorities in court. The administration has been aggressive in appealing court losses, spiking cases that must be handled by the remaining appellate staff.
移民诉讼办公室也出现了大量人员离职和案件激增的情况，因为工作人员必须应对移民提交的人身保护令请愿，要求从移民拘留中获释。处理各类案件（包括被解雇联邦雇员提起的诉讼）的商业诉讼分部，其案件量激增了84%——这是所有分部中增幅最大的。美国东部时间上午11:33更新。
The Office of Immigration Litigation also saw significant departures and a spike in cases as staff had to face habeas petitions filed by migrants demanding to be released from immigration detention. The Commercial Litigation Branch, which handles a variety of cases, including suits from fired federal workers, saw its caseload jump 84 percent — the most of any branch. Updated at 11:33 a.m. EST.