Top DOJ official warns of potential 'dangerous' shutdown impact on nation's cyber defenses
Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco said the same regarding violent crime. A government shutdown could have a " dangerous " impact on the nation's cyber defenses as well as on state and federal efforts to combat violent crime, a top Justice Department official said Tuesday. "The cascading effects of something like this is really, I think, quite dangerous and quite irresponsible," Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco said in an interview Tuesday morning with Washington Post Live. "We need to be able to give our employees certainty that they can come to work and do their job." With the Oct. 1 funding deadline looming, Monaco raised alarm over the thousands of staffers across DOJ's 115,000-plus workforce who could be furloughed as a result of a shutdown, as well as grants that could be stalled that aid local police departments around the country. In this Aug. 5, 2021, file photo, the U.S. Department of Justice seal appears on a podium in Washing...