How the Trump administration erased centuries of Justice Department experience

Source Chicago Tribune
Original Load Date Jan. 16, 2026, 8:04 p.m.
Last Updated Jan. 16, 2026, 8:04 p.m.
Original URL https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/16/trump-administration-justice-department-experience/

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WASHINGTON — Michael Ben’Ary was driving one of his children to soccer practice on an October evening last year when he paused at a red light to check his work phone. He was in the middle of a counterterrorism prosecution so important that President Donald Trump highlighted it in his address to Cong...