Trump’s occupation of Minneapolis has broken the Justice Department

Attorney General Pam Bondi bows her head in prayer with President Donald Trump at the Museum of the Bible on September 8, 2025 in Washington, DC. | Win McNamee/Getty Images

“I wish you would just hold me in contempt of court so I can get 24 hours of sleep,” a lawyer representing Donald Trump’s government told a federal judge on Tuesday. Julie Le, the lawyer, who was temporarily detailed to the US Attorney’s Office in Minneapolis, was assigned to 88 federal court cases in under a month — a crushing...