DOJ Employees Sent Over 75% of $300,000 in Donations to Democrats Despite Trump Purge
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Updated · Fox News · Nov 1
DOJ Employees Sent Over 75% of $300,000 in Donations to Democrats Despite Trump Purge
1 articles · Updated · Fox News · Nov 1
Summary
More than 75% of roughly $300,000 in political donations from people listing the Justice Department as their employer went to Democratic committees from January 2025 through August 2026, according to a Fox News Digital review of FEC records.
That tilt intensified as Trump’s second term progressed: about 70% of DOJ-linked donations went to Democrats in 2025, rising to just under 90% in 2026.
The figures come as Trump officials argue they inherited a politically biased department and have tried to reshape it, including a February 2026 public appeal for prosecutors who “support President Trump.”
More than 10,000 attorneys have left federal service during Trump’s second term, and some former DOJ lawyers have joined Democratic-led state offices or legal challenges against the administration.
The donation data does not show whether employees’ political preferences affected DOJ casework, even as conservatives cite it as evidence of bias and progressives accuse the administration of weaponizing the department.