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Veteran conservative lawyer quits Trump’s interior department and warns of ‘assault on the rule of law’

I READ THE WHOLE THING SO YOU DO NOT HAVE TO, AND THE FACT IS ELON MUSK’S DOGE THING IS LITERALLY CLEANING HOUSE AND PEOPLE ARE JUST WALKING OUT THE DOOR LEFT AND RIGHT WHICH IS WILD BECAUSE THIS LAWYER JOHN MURDOCK HAD BEEN THERE FOR EIGHTEEN YEARS! THE GUY IS A CONSERVATIVE CHRISTIAN AND HE JUST QUIT THE INTERIOR DEPARTMENT BECAUSE HE SAYS THERE IS THIS HUGE ASSAULT ON THE RULE OF LAW HAPPENING! HE IS TALKING ABOUT GLARING LEGAL FLAWS AND PEOPLE PUSHING FOSSIL FUELS AND IGNORING ENVIRONMENTAL RULES WHILE THE DEPARTMENT LOSES THOUSANDS OF WORKERS TO THIS EFFICIENCY PURGE THING! IT IS BASICALLY AN EXODUS OF ACTUAL SCIENTISTS AND FEDS HAPPENING IN REAL TIME AND WE DO NOT KNOW WHERE IT ENDS. ANYWAY YOU WILL SEE IT ON YOUR PHONE IN AN HOUR.

Longtime Department of the Interior attorney John Murdock resigned in protest, citing a disregard for the rule of law and environmental regulations amid a broader exodus of federal employees.

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📰 Read the real story at The Guardian Veteran conservative lawyer quits Trump’s interior department and warns of ‘assault on the rule of law’

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