| Justice Department Official Who Led Attacks on Gender-Affirming Care Resigns Brett Shumate has become the fourth Department of Justice official to join the post-election exodus from the agency following Republicans' crushing midterm defeat -- marking the end of the tenure of a man who helped grease the wheels of the anti-trans machine. 'The rats are fleeing the sinking ship,' Alejandra Caraballo, a lawyer and trans rights scholar, posted on Bluesky' |