The acting attorney general said these officials could not be trusted to "faithfully implement the president's agenda."
Top House Democrats say that the way in which Jack Smith's staffers were fired "very likely violated longstanding federal laws."
The acting head of the Justice Department has fired more than a dozen officials and career attorneys who worked with former special counsel Jack Smith to charge and attempt to prosecute President Donald Trump for more than a year leading up to his November election victory over Vice President Kamala Harris.
The Justice Department fired officials who worked on the special counsel team that investigated Donald Trump in two separate criminal cases, a spokesman said.
The 47th president invokes the powers of Article II to fire the special counsel’s squad — but are his hands tied?
About a dozen Justice Department employees who worked for former special counsel Jack Smith on his investigation of Donald Trump are being fired.
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department said Monday that it had fired more than a dozen employees who worked on Jack Smith’s criminal prosecutions of President Trump, moving rapidly to pursue retribution against lawyers involved in the investigations and signaling an early willingness to take action favorable to the president’s personal interests.
Acting Attorney General James McHenry ordered the terminations because ... of Justice fired over a dozen officials involved in Jack Smith’s prosecution of the president, The Post has confirmed.
Acting Attorney General James McHenry terminated employment on Monday of more than a dozen prosecutors who worked on former special counsel Jack Smith‘s team, gutting the office that led two historic criminal prosecutions of President Donald Trump.
The Justice Department has fired more than a dozen prosecutors who worked on special counsel Jack Smith’s prosecutions of President Donald Trump, a DOJ official said Monday.
including some who worked on investigations led by former special counsel Jack Smith, according to a report published Monday. A letter obtained by CNN from acting Attorney General James McHenry to ...