Expectations that attorneys in the Department of Justice be on the same page as the president are not out of the ordinary.

An attorney helping President-elect Donald Trump assemble his new administration warned career employees at the U.S. Justice Department on Monday that they could be fired if they tried to resist the Republican's agenda.

An attorney helping President-elect Trump plan for the transition at the Justice Department said Monday that career employees opposed to his vision for the agency should leave. Mark Paoletta wrote on X that Justice Department employees would play a role in carrying out a variety of measures,

In a forceful message aimed at career officials within the Department of Justice, Trump transition attorney Mark Paoletta has delivered a stark ultimatum: support the incoming presidents policy agenda or prepare to resign