Under Mr. Blanche's leadership, more than 16,000 employees have left the department. Sixteen thousand employees have left the Department of Justice, including more than a fourth of its attorneys. Many have been fired for declining to initiate vindictive prosecutions or refusing to follow unethical orders. Like career immigration litigator Erez Zuruvanyi, who refused an order from Mr. Blanche's former law partner, Amel Beauvais, to lie in federal court. (09:28–09:36)
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