Posted on 02/28/2025 11:35:52 AM PST by Red Badger
Joshua Stueve, a top spokesperson for the Department of Justice (DOJ), has resigned, citing a “toxic work environment” in his letter to leadership.
“Simply put, I cannot continue to serve in such a hostile and toxic work environment, one where leadership at the highest levels makes clear we are not welcomed or valued, much less trusted to do our jobs,” wrote Stueve, who is not a political appointee and has served in administrations run by both parties.
Stueve’s resignation is the latest in federal resignations and firings since the Trump administration’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) began examining various agencies to cut spending.
DOGE, the brainchild of Elon Musk, has won unprecedented access to internal systems of the federal government since Jan. 20. It has worked to dismantle parts of the government while pushing federal workers to resign.
Musk himself has repeatedly belittled federal workers, most recently in a Cabinet meeting earlier this week.
In his letter, Stueve said he had served administrations of both parties. Stueve has been a senior communications advisor for the DOJ since Jan. 2021.
“To be clear, the outcome of the most recent general election did not influence my decision. In fact, it has been an honor to serve this department under multiple administrations led by both Republicans and Democrats, each of whom have previously treated career staff with respect and dignity,” Stueve said in the letter, obtained by The Hill.
He said it was “heartbreaking” to see that “basic decency” was gone at the Department of Justice. Attorney General Pam Bondi was sworn in to lead the DOJ earlier this month.
Stueve wished his former colleagues the best and said they were “true patriots” of the country.
His resignation comes as others at the DOJ have resigned or been fired within the first few weeks of the Trump administration. Some of the DOJ and FBI’s top career officials have been targeted, including those who worked on Trump’s criminal prosecutions.
You need to understand that “trust” is earned, it is not bestowed upon an organization just because it exists and spends all the budget money it is given.
Next you need to figure out where the toxic work environment came from before you blame the current heads of DOJ. Do you remember when President Joe Biden said he was pardoning Hunter because the DOJ was about politics and not about “justice?” Do you remember when the DOJ did horrible things to J6 ers? How did you feel about DOJ cutting Epstein special deals? How did you feel about the sweet deal that DOJ cut with Hunter Biden over taxes, before public option turned on the IRS and DOJ?
So Joshua, is the culture at DOJ in need of changing? Let me help you. It does need to change. That was what the election was about. Trump is working hard to change the culture of the federal government in all things. You can't sit on a high horse and yell that the current leadership has created a toxic work environment. You have to realize that the current DOJ is also responsible for its culture, and that you approve of that status quo culture.
You have a high visible position at DOJ. Your action is saying you support the past sins of the DOJ and don't want any changes or have DOJ employees to take any responsibility for what they have done wrong. Therefore, you are part of the more toxic status quo environment at DOJ. Good bye.
Have some cheese with that whine.
Joshua Stueve is a Senior Communications Advisor and Spokesman at the U.S. Department of Justice. From 2014 to 2021, Stueve was the Director of Public Affairs at the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia (EDVA). From 2010 to 2014, Stueve served as the Public Affairs Officer for the National Intrepid Center of Excellence at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. Stueve served in the U.S. Marine Corps from 1998-2007, spending five years as an infantryman and four years in public affairs. He is a proud graduate of Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, Camp Lejeune’s School of Infantry, the Defense School of Information, and The Ohio State University. Stueve is the proud father of three daughters and lives in Old Town Alexandria with his wife and their spoiled rotten dog, Amos.
Since this article was written by the expert and well-respected staff of “The Hill”, whose output has proven to be 100% true forever, I believe each and every word.
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The ironic part is none of these clueless government workers u nderstand the toxic and fearful work environment they created for us NORMAL AND MORAL people. Flies right over their crying pillow stuffed heads as they wave their crayons.
Better do a body cavity search before Joshua Stueve leaves the building.
Unfortunately you are ABSOLUTELY correct LOLOLOL
They should not have made it so difficult for me
to get a job because I don’t check any “checkboxes”
LOL
“Musk himself has repeatedly belittled federal workers, most recently in a Cabinet meeting earlier this week.”
Musk belittled Cabinet Members in the meeting this week ?
Translation: I am a deep state democrat who cannot do my job when the deep state is under the attack. I have no integrity and will therefore resign in protest of Trump weeding out the corruption in my beloved deep state.
“Given the opportunity to resign, before being thrown out the door?”
More than likely.
In the fedgov if you quit you have the opportunity to come back sometime and somewhere else. Seen it many times....get canned and your fate is sealed as far as ever working in the federal government again.
That’s from a collection of an MIA FReeper
I wasn’t able to save all of his stuff but some of it is still out there
I use them on Bikkuri, Delta21 threads....
I wonder if he could take a few friends with him. Maybe Trump and Musk can offer a bonus for getting friends and family to quit.
Politics is a toxic environment. Guy needs to find a real job if he can.
I can’t believe he’s a former Marine..............
Not me!.......................
Go on, why don’t you tell us what you *really* feel...
“You can’t make me spokesize the truth! WAAAH!” 🎻
He must now learn the phrase:
“WOULD YOU LIKE TO UPSIZE THAT ORDER FOR 5O CENTS?”.................
Life is a bitch when you find yourself someone’s bitch.
Well, he got that part right.
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