Biden-Harris admin staffing up to ‘Trump-proof’ Justice Department: report
- August 28, 2024
Hannah Nightingale, The Post Millennial
Ahead of the 2024 election, the Biden-Harris administration has ramped up “Schedule A” hiring of hundreds of people who would remain in office past the end of Joe Biden’s White House term.
According to the Daily Caller News Foundation (DCNF), this group of new hires consists primarily of lawyers and judges, and the appointments were to the Environmental and Natural Resources (ENRD) and Antitrust and Immigration Review divisions of the Department of Justice since Biden took office.
Federal regulations state that Schedule A hiring is set aside for hiring either those with “severe physical disabilities, psychiatric disabilities, and intellectual disabilities,” or for staff specialist positions like attorneys, scientists, and chaplains or to fill critical hiring needs.
Michael Chamberlain, director of Protect the Public’s Trust which provided the DCNF with the data, said, “The Biden-Harris administration and its allies have already signaled their intent to hamstring their successor and prevent a future president from reversing their agenda. Exploiting non-competitive hiring authorities to fill career civil service positions could be just another component of this scheme. It’s no wonder that the public’s trust in its government has all but disappeared.”