About a dozen Justice Department employees who worked for former special counsel Jack Smith on his investigation of Donald Trump are being fired.
Could the dropping of charges clear the way for the release of the special counsel’s report on the prosecution?
Top House Democrats say that the way in which Jack Smith's staffers were fired "very likely violated longstanding federal laws."
EXCLUSIVE: A previously identified anti-Trump FBI agent allegedly broke protocol and played a critical role in opening and advancing the bureau’s original investigation related to the 2020 election, tying President Trump to the probe without sufficient predication.
Trump fires DOJ officials who worked with Jack Smith as probe launched into Jan 6 prosecutions: Live - Justice Department officials who prosecuted Trump removed because they cannot be ‘trusted’ to ‘faithfully’ implement president’s agenda.
The Justice Department fired officials who worked on the special counsel team that investigated Donald Trump in two separate criminal cases, a spokesman said.
President Donald Trump has thrown the Justice Department’s Jan. 6 Capitol riot prosecutions out the window. But a week before Trump became president, the Department essentially did the same
The DOJ official argued that the firings are in line with the Trump administration’s “mission of ending the weaponization of government.”
President Donald Trump had been charged with crimes by special counsel Jack Smith in cases related to the 2020 election and classified documents.
Acting Attorney General James McHenry terminated employment on Monday of more than a dozen officials who worked on former special counsel Jack Smith's team.
President Donald Trump has thrown the Justice Department's Jan. 6 Capitol riot prosecutions out the window. But a week before Trump became president, the Department essentially did the same to its own investigation of Trump.
In light of their actions, the Acting Attorney General does not trust these officials to assist in faithfully implementing the President’s agenda.”