The Justice Department ended over 4,000 positions as part of a sweeping reorganization, including plans to cut 1,500 personnel from the FBI, according to budget documents reviewed by the Washington Examiner.
The agency’s fiscal 2026 budget request, released Monday, confirms that 4,500 of those positions are already vacant following the Trump administration’s “Fork in the Road” deferred resignation program, which offered employees the chance to exit the government voluntarily in exchange for benefits. That initiative alone yielded an estimated $470 million in savings, according to the budget’s summary page.
“Capitalizing on increased efficiency, the FBI will prioritize core missions of securing the border, eliminating transnational criminal organizations, reinforcing national security, and protecting the American people from violent crime,” the department says in the summary.
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The budget request
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