Erika Evans used to work as a federal prosecutor in Seattle. She got her dream job as an assistant US attorney almost four years ago. But after Donald Trump returned to the White House, Evans said the job felt different. She did not agree with the new direction of the Department of Justice and soon decided to leave her position.
According to CNN, Evans said she was troubled by the department’s moves, including rolling back diversity efforts and placing federal DEI employees on administrative leave and supporting Trump’s plan to end birthright citizenship. She said it no longer felt like the DOJ she had joined. What pushed her to quit was when staff were told to report coworkers who were doing diversity work. “We were getting notices to report on colleagues doing diversity work in the office, and that if we reported it within 10 days, we wouldn’t be in trouble,” she said. She called this “crazy” and said it made her feel like she could no longer be part of that workplace.
