Department of Justice
subagencies: ATF, FBI
One of the overarching stories of the Trump admininstration has been the destruction of the Department of Justice’s independence and the view of new leadership that they are the President’s lawyers and will take command from him on what to prosecute. The old DOJ would not let DOGE within ten miles of its operations. The current DOJ has welcomed them in, with Attorney General Pam Bondi kicking off a DOGE-style initiative to reorganize the DOJ and FBI.
Positions
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OPM? FBI
1/29
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likely detailed NBC News | |
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OPM FBI
c.3/30
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likely detailed as Senior Advisor, Human Resources The Intercept | |
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OPM? DOJ
3/XX
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likely detailed «Rep. Vindman reported in early March being contacted by Cromer at the DOJ» Wash. Post | |
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OPM? DOJ
c.4/02
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likely detailed as Senior Advisor, Deputy Attorney General Reuters | |
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SSA DOJ
4/15
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likely detailed «assuming detail from SSA» NYT | |
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DOJ
4/15
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likely detailed NYT | |
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DOJ
4/21
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unknown Wash. Post |
Systems
| System | Dates | Access |
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| ECAS |
A system used by DOJ for tracking the status of immigration cases
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Events
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1/29
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Sighting:
An unidentified former SpaceX employee [later confirmed to be Justin Monroe] is reported to be working as an advisor to the Director of the FBI
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| March 2025 | ||
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3/11
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Disruption:
Eugene Vindman, a US Representative and former whistleblower against Trump, reports being repeatedly contacted by Clayton Cromer who identifies himself as an Executive Assistant US Attorney.
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3/12
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3/13
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Official:
Attorney General Pam Bondi announces she is forming a “JUST DOGE” team to look at restructuring the agency and its subsidiaries.
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| April 2025 | ||
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4/01
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Sighting:
DOGE member Christopher Stanley is listed as a Senior Advisor in the Deputy Attorney General’s Office and he reportedly holds a security clearance.
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4/03
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Interagency:
Tarak Makecha, a DOGE representative at DOJ is forwarded a list at 6pm of DOJ contracts to terminate for the Acacia Center, a nonprofit in DOGE’s crosshairs that day and a plaintiff in a lawsuit against the DOJ. He coordinates with Josh Gruenbaum at the GSA, who is leading a multi-agency effort to eliminate grants.
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4/03
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Disruption:
Tarak Makecha escalates his demands at 6:25pm that the Acacia contracts must be terminated immediately despite it being after business hours and there not being an actual emergency.
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4/03
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Disruption:
Tarak Makecha finds a DOJ Contracting Officer after hours at 7:25pm to send the termination despite agency concerns that it violates the terms of a court order to not provide 3 days notice for termination.
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4/11
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Disruption:
Luke Farritor uses his admin access to lock out all government officials at multiple agencies from using grants.gov to issue new grants. Instead, all grants must now be sent to a new email address which will be reviewed by DOGE staffers before grants can be posted.
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| May 2025 | ||
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5/23
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Interagency:
In a podcast appearance, Antonio Gracias reported that the Department of Justice had requested for DOGE to find “10-20 cases” of alleged noncitizen voting in every state.
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| June 2025 | ||
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6/26
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Official:
In an email to agency partners, the operators of grants.gov declare that the revised mechanism added in April that routed all Notices of Funding Opportunities (NOFOs) through a DOGE email address has been reversed. Instead, agencies are to return to using the tool like that did previously. This doesn’t necessarily mean that DOGE or political appointees will not be reviewing grants, but they have no longer locked other users out of the system.
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6/27
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