Fox News Analysis: About 75% of Political Donations From Self-Identified Justice Department Employees Still Go to Democrats
Roughly $300,000 in FEC records shows the Democratic share rising from about 70% in 2025 to nearly 90% in 2026, despite the administration's push to root out bias. Fox says the data does not show whether politics shaped any DOJ work.
The Trump administration says it is clearing partisan bias out of the Justice Department. Campaign finance records suggest the department's donors have not moved toward the right, Fox News Digital reports.
The finding. Between January 2025 and August 2026, just over 75% of campaign contributions from people who listed the Justice Department as their employer went to Democratic committees. Fox analyzed about $300,000 in FEC records from donors who listed "Department of Justice," "DOJ" or a variation as their employer, and sorted recipients by party. Independent-expenditure committees were classified by the candidates or parties they backed.
The trend. About 70% of the donations went to Democratic committees through 2025, Fox says. In 2026 the figure rose to just under 90%. Among the most common recipients were Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Sen. Jon Ossoff and Emily's List. Some conservative committees, including those in Trump's network of PACs, were also common recipients.
The background. Attorney General Todd Blanche and his predecessor, Pam Bondi, have both said the administration inherited a Justice Department with deep political bias. Bondi said in early 2025, "Right now, we're going to root them out; we will find them, and they will no longer be employed." In February 2026, DOJ chief of staff Chad Mizelle publicly invited lawyers who "support President Trump" to apply to be federal prosecutors. Fox says more than 10,000 attorneys have left federal service since Trump returned to office.
The pushback. Critics say the investigations into Trump and other conservatives came from legitimate legal concerns, not bias. A DOJ spokeswoman previously told Fox that those who were fired "were fired for a reason" and that those who left likely aligned with the priorities of President Biden. The department did not respond to Fox's request for comment on this analysis.
What to keep in mind. Fox says much of the department's work has nothing to do with partisan politics, and the records do not establish that employees' political preferences affected any day-to-day decision. The donors identified themselves, and the data covers only those who gave and listed their employer, a small slice of a large workforce.