Ex-insider warns Trump DOJ move opened US up to terror attacks: 'Present danger'

President Donald Trump has presented a new problem for the United States through cuts made to the DOJ, a former insider has claimed.

Former pardon attorney Liz Oyer, speaking with Washington D.C. correspondent Scott MacFarlane, suggested that cuts made by the Trump administration had put the country into a dangerous spot. Specifically, cuts made to the Justice Department.

Oyer said, "They are absolutely stretched too thin. They lost a disproportionate number of experienced attorneys in part because those people have been able to retire, they have lost a disproportionate number of people from different divisions including the national security division.

"That's one of the most alarming ones for me. The exodus of experienced national security prosecutors and also agents within the FBI really creates a present danger for our country.

"There are terrorist plots, cyber attacks, things that the FBI and DOJ are expected to be on alert for and to thwart in advance so that they don't happen."

Trump's administration has implemented unprecedented government reductions affecting millions of Americans across multiple federal agencies. The Department of Veterans Affairs experienced mass layoffs exceeding 12,700 positions, eliminating healthcare access for some veterans and their families.

The Internal Revenue Service faced similar devastation, with tens of thousands of employees terminated under false "performance" pretenses, according to senior IRS lawyers who warned the firings constituted "fraud on the courts."

Despite aggressive workforce cuts, the administration has not achieved proportional reductions in government spending, raising questions about the Department of Government Efficiency's actual efficiency gains.

Trump has proposed cuts elsewhere in government, with a major cut to the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) planned in a 2027 budget proposal.

The White House requested a TSA budget of $11.7 billion for Fiscal Year 2027, including 53,199 positions and 50,398 full-time equivalents (FTEs). This marks a reduction of 8,385 positions and 9.439 FTEs from 2026.