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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Josh Marcus

Trump’s DOJ cuts thousands of law-enforcement jobs — despite promising to be tough on crime: report

President Donald Trump campaigned on a promise to restore “law and order” to U.S. streets, but under his administration, the nation’s top law-enforcement agencies have shed huge portions of their staff.

Overall, the administration has cut more than 4,000 employees from these agencies, according to Justice Department records obtained by Reuters.

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