High-ranking Justice Department officials resign one after another due to controversy over politicization due to Trump's crushing defeat in the election

A series of resignations of high-ranking officials at the U.S. Justice Department are underway ahead of a major investigation by the Democratic-controlled Congress.

After the US Republican Party suffered a crushing defeat in the midterm elections, high-ranking officials at the Justice Department continued to resign.

According to Politico, a U.S. political media outlet, on the 6th (local time), Assistant Secretary John Eisenberg, who was in charge of the Justice Department's National Security Bureau, resigned on this day.

Assistant Secretary Eisenberg oversaw the investigation of terrorism and confidential information leaks, and the prosecution of espionage cases. The Justice Department's National Security Division was also involved in the prosecution of former White House national security adviser John Bolton, who had criticized President Donald Trump.

Federal prosecutor Jason Quiñones, who handled several major cases, including that of former Cuban President Raul Castro, is also leaving the Justice Department.

Politico reported that Quiñones is the person who has overseen the investigation of a number of former officials who have criticized President Trump, including former Central Bureau of Investigation (CIA) Director John Brennan.

Quiñones was also responsible for the Trump campaign's Russia scandal during the 2016 presidential election and President Trump's suspicions that the 2020 presidential election was rigged.

The day before, Assistant Secretary Harmit Dillon, who was in charge of the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division, resigned. Assistant Secretary Dillon completely reorganized the Civil Rights Bureau, which had focused on eliminating racial discrimination and expanding civil rights, to focus on a conservative agenda, and three-quarters of the Bureau's personnel left the organization.

After President Trump came back to power, the Justice Department suffered from controversy over politicization. President Trump pressured the Justice Department to take the lead in investigating political opponents, but when satisfactory results were not achieved, he replaced the attorney general with his close associate Todd Blanch and increased pressure on the department.

Secretary Blanche caused controversy with a series of actions that ran counter to the Justice Department's politically neutral practices, including a speech at the Republican Party's midterm election convention. On the day of the midterm elections, the largest ever election observation team was dispatched.

The Democratic Party, which took control of both the Senate and the House of Representatives with a landslide victory in the midterm elections, is poised to thoroughly investigate the Trump administration's corruption allegations and unilateral policy implementation. The Justice Department is also expected to be the subject of an extensive investigation.

For this reason, there is a possibility that high-ranking officials will resign not only from the Justice Department but also from major ministries of the Trump administration.