The Daily Beast today reported on social media that President Trump’s Attorney General Pam Bondi “is hemorrhaging prosecutors in Minnesota as more attorneys decide to quit rather than defend the Trump administration’s violent immigration enforcement tactics.”
Former Guantanamo Chief Prosecutor and retired U.S. Air Force Colonel Moe Davis responded to the report, “I resigned as Guantanamo Chief Prosecutor rather than use torture derived evidence, so I know what awaits gov’t attorneys who quit and embarrass a president. It won’t be easy, but in years ahead when they look in the mirror they won’t see shame staring back and that’s priceless.”
Note: Col. Davis abruptly resigned as Chief Prosecutor in 2007 after claiming that politically motivated Pentagon officials pushed for convictions of high-profile detainees ahead of the 2008 presidential election.
I resigned as Guantanamo Chief Prosecutor rather than use torture derived evidence, so I know what awaits gov’t attorneys who quit and embarrass a president. It won’t be easy, but in years ahead when they look in the mirror they won’t see shame staring back and that’s priceless. https://t.co/WufTFhuE8x
— Moe Davis (U.S. Air Force, Retired) (@ColMoeDavis) February 4, 2026
Retired U.S. Army Colonel Joseph J. Collins, who describes himself as a “Never Trump Republican turned Democrat” replied to Davis: “14 career federal prosecutors in Minnesota have resigned. Are so many lawyers allergic to the cold weather or is something else happening there? It would be a good article to detail all the principled resignations among DOJ personnel in past year. DOJ has made a mockery of itself.”
14 career federal prosecutors in Minnesota have resigned. Are so many lawyers allergic to the cold weather or is something else happening there? It would be a good article to detail all the principled resignations among DOJ personnel in past year. DOJ has made a mockery of…
— Joseph J Collins (@josephcollins77) February 5, 2026
Note: During the George W. Bush administration, Collins was recalled from his 1998 Army retirement in February 2001 by then Deputy Defense Secretary Paul D. Wolfowitz to serve as his special assistant. Shortly after, then Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld appointed Collins as deputy assistant secretary of defense (DASD).