The Trump administration has sought to eliminate what it alleges is partisan bias within the Justice Department, but the vast majority of political donations from individuals identifying themselves as DOJ employees are still going to Democratic-aligned committees, according to a Digital analysis of federal campaign finance records.

Between January 2025 and August of this year, just over 75% of campaign contributions from individuals identifying themselves as Department of Justice employees went to Democratic committees, the analysis of federal campaign finance records found.

Digital analyzed roughly $300,000 in political contributions recorded by the Federal Election Commission between January 2025 and August 2026 from donors who listed their employer as «Department of Justice,» «DOJ» or a variation of those names. Contributions were categorized by the political affiliation of the recipient candidate or committee, while independent-expenditure committees were classified according to the candidates or parties they supported. When exporting data from the Federal Election Commission’s dashboard, an option to include donations from «unique individuals only» was selected to filter out duplicative records.

As the Trump administration has progressed, the partisan slant of DOJ donations has become more pronounced. Through 2025, about 70% of donations from those identifying themselves as DOJ staff went to Democratic committees, a figure that rose to just under 90% in 2026, according to Digital’s findings.

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Attorney General Todd Blanche and his predecessor, Pam Bondi, both claimed that the Trump administration inherited a deeply corrupt DOJ, pointing to allegations that the agency was inundated with political bias under President Joe Biden’s tenure.

«There are a lot of people in the FBI and also in the Department of Justice who despise Donald Trump, despise us,» Bondi said in early 2025. «Right now, we’re going to root them out; we will find them, and they will no longer be employed.»

Critics have pushed back against claims of political weaponization during the Biden administration, arguing that high-profile investigations into President Donald Trump and other conservatives originated from legitimate legal concerns.

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Both of Trump’s attorneys general under his second administration have made strides to recruit a greater number of ideologically aligned lawyers while attempting to push those out who may not be willing to advance the administration’s interests.

In early February 2026, DOJ chief of staff Chad Mizelle publicly encouraged lawyers who «support President Trump» to contact him about becoming federal prosecutors. Stephen Miller amplified the appeal on social media with the caption «patriots needed,» and sitting U.S. Attorney Jason Quiñones reposted the appeal alongside the phrase «we are hiring!» Mizelle later defended the approach as ensuring that executive-branch lawyers were in line with the elected president’s agenda.

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The administration’s personnel overhaul has coincided with a substantial exodus of attorneys from federal service.

Over 10,000 attorneys have left federal service since Trump took office for a second term.

Digital reported in July that well over 100 federal attorneys had left the Trump administration for roles in Democratic-run state attorneys general offices. Many of these lawyers took decades of experience with them, prompting concerns that the Trump administration could be depriving itself of the ability to handle highly technical legal matters.

Some of these seasoned former federal lawyers have since joined legal action against the Trump administration.

While a significant number of government lawyers have left federal service under Trump, and some prominent conservatives have joined the administration, campaign finance records show that Democratic committees continue to receive the overwhelming majority of political contributions from donors identifying themselves as Justice Department employees.

Among the most common recipients of donations from those identifying themselves as DOJ employees were Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Georgia, and Emily’s List, a pro-abortion group associated with the Democratic Party. Some conservative committees, such as those in Trump’s network of PACs, were also common targets for Justice Department donors.

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Much of the DOJ’s work concerns investigations and prosecutions unrelated to partisan politics, and the campaign finance records do not establish whether employees’ political preferences have influenced the department’s day-to-day operations.

Progressive critics, to the contrary, have alleged that the Trump administration is using the Justice Department to target its political enemies.

«Those who were fired from the Department were fired for a reason. Those who resigned or took the fork in the road option likely aligned more with the priorities of President Biden and would naturally leave, which is common during transitions,» a DOJ spokeswoman previously told Digital. «The Administration gave career employees the fork in the road option to intentionally reduce the size of the government and eliminate unnecessary layers of staff who don’t effectively contribute to the mission of aggressively tackling crime.»

The DOJ did not respond to a request for comment when reached by Digital on Monday.

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Un brutal crimen familiar conmocionó a una pequeña localidad de Francia, donde un hombre de 42 años habría asesinado a sus dos hijos, de 6 y 10 años, y a su suegra de 74, antes de quitarse la vida.

El caso ocurrió el 2 de septiembre en Gy, una localidad del departamento de Haute-Saône, en el este del país. La investigación reveló detalles estremecedores sobre cómo murieron las víctimas y un mensaje que el presunto asesino le habría enviado a su esposa después de filmar la escena.

“Esto es lo que te merecés”, fue la frase que, según el relato de un primo del hombre, acompañó las imágenes que recibió la mujer, de quien se estaba separando.

Los resultados de las autopsias, difundidos por la Fiscalía de Vesoul y publicados por medios franceses como Le Parisien y TF1, permitieron reconstruir las lesiones que sufrieron las víctimas.

Qué revelaron las autopsias de los dos chicos y su abuela

El fiscal Arnaud Grécourt informó que los dos nenes, identficados como Eden y Nino Monnot, murieron por un disparo cada uno, recibido en la parte posterior del torso.

De acuerdo con los peritos forenses, las características de las heridas permiten considerar que los disparos fueron efectuados a corta distancia. Los médicos no encontraron otras lesiones sospechosas en los cuerpos de los menores.

La autopsia de la abuela, de 74 años, reveló una secuencia de violencia todavía mayor.

La mujer murió por una hemorragia masiva provocada por tres puñaladas en el tórax y el abdomen. Los especialistas determinaron que las heridas habían sido causadas con gran violencia.

Además, encontraron hematomas en la cara, los brazos y el pecho, compatibles con golpes o maniobras de sujeción. También detectaron lesiones en el cuello que sugerían un posible estrangulamiento manual.

En cuanto al padre de los chicos, la autopsia estableció que murió por un único disparo debajo del mentón.

La principal hipótesis de los investigadores es que el hombre asesinó a sus familiares y después se suicidó.

El video del crimen y el mensaje que recibió su esposa

Uno de los detalles más impactantes del caso surgió del testimonio de Charles Martino-Herter, primo del presunto asesino, quien habló con la prensa francesa después de la tragedia.

Según contó, el hombre habría filmado los asesinatos y enviado las imágenes a su esposa, con quien atravesaba una separación.

“Esto es lo que te merecés”, habría sido el mensaje que acompañó el video.

El familiar también aseguró, en declaraciones a TF1, que el hombre llamó a otros integrantes de su familia y se quitó la vida mientras ellos presenciaban la comunicación.

La Fiscalía informó que los investigadores estaban analizando los dispositivos electrónicos secuestrados y las comunicaciones que pudieron haberse producido antes y durante los crímenes.

Por lo tanto, el relato sobre el video y el mensaje todavía debía ser corroborado mediante la investigación judicial.

Cómo encontraron los cuerpos y qué contaron los vecinos

Los investigadores encontraron los cuerpos de los dos nenes dentro de un vehículo utilitario, mientras que los del padre y la abuela estaban en una vivienda prefabricada ubicada junto a la casa que la familia estaba construyendo.

El hombre, identificado por la prensa francesa como Jean-Paul M., vivía allí mientras avanzaban las obras de su futura casa.

Su esposa, que trabajaba como auxiliar de enfermería, no se encontraba en el lugar cuando ocurrió la tragedia.

Autopsia

MINNEAPOLIS — The day after Rep. Ilhan Omar’s first public appearance since the raid on her home, Digital was given a tour of the mall where she reemerged in her home state.

The footage provides a glimpse inside an enclave within America that is dominated by Somalis and Somali culture, and a gives a peak into the community that Omar represents in the U.S. House of Representatives.

The mall isn’t just a place for people to buy clothing, food and receive services, but is a «community hub» of mostly women entrepreneurs, as described by a female shop owner.

«We’re here today are Karmel Mall with brother Basim, to kind of browse through this amazing community, corridor that is full of amazing women,» she told Digital, referring the Karmel Mall of Somalia’s owner, Basim Sabri, who provided the tour.

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Sabri, a Gaza-born immigrant, came to the United States to study in Minneapolis. During that time, he became a real-estate investor and steadily grew his business in the years to come. Now, he’s a local titan of industry and owns a vast real estate empire, which includes the mall and several apartment complexes in the area that house Somalis. He has political ties at all levels of local and state politics, and is friends with Omar. He also knew the Somali-born congresswoman’s father.

Digital interviewed him separately, days before the official tour of the mall.

For most inside, English is the mall’s second language. It’s packed with stores offering electronic SIM cards to call overseas, foreign money exchanges and travel agencies arranging trips to the Middle East and East Africa. Vendors also sell gold, fragrances and traditional Somali fashion items, mostly for women.

There are Somali barber shops, cafes, traditional Somali food vendors and henna tattoo shops. Sabri gave conflicting figures on the exact number of stores, once saying 900, and later 750.

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It sports a food court with a giant Somali flag painted on the ceiling, as well as Somali, Palestinian and American flags hanging from the walls. Many politicians use that space for press conferences, Sabri explained.

It’s also where Omar ate lunch with friends, supporters and state Attorney General Keith Ellison during Digital’s foray into the mall when the lawmaker reemerged after casting an early ballot in her own reelection.

Karmel Mall also has an Islamic weekend school for children, where they’re taught the Quran and engage in recreational activities.

While the mall isn’t strictly for Somalis, few outside the Somali community were present when Digital toured. Digital was initially bucked by security upon attempting to enter and film inside the mall without Sabri’s permission.

The owner once banned Democratic Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey from the premises in February 2024 after he vetoed an Israel-Gaza ceasefire resolution passed by the City Council.

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«It is kind of an incubator setting where many businesses start in here, and then many succeed and grow and move somewhere else, to a bigger space,» Sabri explained to Digital.

He claims that the mall is a space where Somalis learn to integrate into the community.

«You can see [the] Somalis not only integrating in the community, but also prospering,» he said. «Somalis are very smart business individuals.»

But the mall’s very name — the Karmel Mall of Somalia — along with the overwhelmingly Somali culture inside, raise questions about whether the group is actually assimilating into American society.

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Steven Camerota is the director for research at the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS). He pointed Digital to a CIS report published in December of last year that describes Somalis as a «struggling group.»

The report shows that more than half of children who live in the homes of Somali-born immigrants in Minnesota live in poverty, compared to only 8% of children living in homes of native-born Minnesotans. Among Somali-born immigrants who have lived in the United States for more than a decade, half cannot speak English «very well.» The report says that 89% of Somali households receive some form of welfare, and 39% don’t have high school diplomas, compared to only 8% of the native population.

Camerota argued that across America, assimilation among various foreign-born groups, including Somalis, has dropped, though today’s immigration numbers are about the same they were during America’s first great wave of immigration.

In the late 19th- and early 20th-centuries, immigrations from across the world flooded the United States. During that time, immigrants comprised about 15% of America’s population, on par with todays numbers. After World War I, restrictive immigration policies that lasted until the 1960s took effect. In more recent history, immigration has ramped up to the tune of one million legal immigrants per year entering the United States, Camerota said.

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«So, there are three big things about modern immigration that you can argue greatly hinder assimilation, and it has much less to do with the immigrants, and a lot more to do with just modern conditions,» he told Digital. «The first is technology. You can fly home and visit home for the holidays if you want. In a way that just wouldn’t have been possible in 1900, and in terms of costs.»

Camerota noted that the internet allows people access to constant news from home, and the constant ability to stay connected with family and friends via phone and video calls.

«So this technology, travel and communications is fundamentally different today than in the past. And that likely means that the connection with the home country doesn’t become as attenuated as quickly as it would have,» he said.

The attitudes of those who Camerota characterizes as «elites,» in academia, government, media and other institutions has also changed. He said there are now dueling theories about the what exactly America is that could be contributing to a lack of assimilation.

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«So is America essentially a magnificent historical project of democracy and equality and republican government, or is it essentially — most of that’s a sham and it’s really a racist, sexist, homophobic [and] classist society?» he said. «The immigrants are arriving in a country in many ways that received both those messages, and so this elite attitude which permeates down is just so different than the world of the last great wave of immigration and almost certainly matters a great deal.»

Essentially, Camerota argued, if immigrants adopt the narrative that America is a fundamentally flawed nation, there is little reason for them to assimilate.

«The word assimilation itself is seen as a bad word in many circles. The idea that immigrants are supposed to shed their their old culture and become American is now seen as a kind of for some — I don’t want to say universally for all — but some fraction of it at least, as an undesirable Anglo conformity,» he continued.

«We are living in a country that can’t really agree itself about its own history, let alone agree on what it wants from the immigrants.»

The third important fact to assimilation in Camerota’s mind is the sheer number of immigrants coming to the United States.

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«The last point is numbers,» he said. «So, we’re at a record high now, right? 15% of the population is foreign born. It’s matched the levels of between 1890 and 1910 … during the last peak of the last great wave. But the one question then has to be asked, what happened then?»

He said the immigration restriction of the mid 20th-century necessarily resulted in assimilation, as immigrants could not endlessly build enclaves for more and more foreign-born residents, as is happening today.

«I think it’s pretty clear it likely played a very big role in facilitating the assimilation of the immigrants,» he said, suggesting that a similar immigration restriction could have the same effect if implemented now.

Sabri has faced troubles of his own.

In 2005, he was sentenced to 33 months in federal prison for bribing a local Minneapolis public official. He told Digital in the first interview about his time in prison, which included a brief stay at the infamous Federal Correctional Institution, Leavenworth in Kansas, in colorful detail.

In that interview, he also insisted that the mall is for everyone.

«But my experience is that Somalis are very, very intelligent and extremely hard-working people,» he said.

«So, I would invite anybody to come into the mall, and know that there are many people doing a great job and making a good living, and learning the American dream, and doing business, and opening businesses that eventually tend to be very successful for them.»

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