White House Fires More Than a Dozen DOJ Officials Tied to Former Special Counsel Jack Smith's Criminal Investigation Into Donald Trump

Trump fires Justice Department officials who prosecuted him because they cannot be ‘trusted’

More than a dozen Justice Department officials who worked on the federal criminal investigations into President Donald Trump were fired by the acting attorney general on Monday.

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DOJ Fires THESE Officials Over Trump Prosecution In Massive Overhaul

The Department of Justice has fired over a dozen key officials who were part of former Special Counsel Jack Smith's team to investigate and prosecute President Donald Trump.

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Trump DOJ Fires Officials Who Worked With Jack Smith

Over a dozen officials who worked on former special counsel Jack Smith’s team to prosecute President Donald Trump are being fired, a Department of Justice (DOJ) official confirmed to the Daily Caller News Foundation.

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Trump administration fires team of lawyers who prosecuted him, official says

More than a dozen lawyers for President Donald Trump are fired. The move is part of a move to exert greater control over the White House. The lawyers were fired after they brought two cases against the president. The cases were dropped after the U.S. Supreme Court raised the bar for the charges.

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Trump Justice Department says it has fired employees involved in prosecutions of the president

The move follows the reassignment of multiple senior career officials across divisions. It was not immediately clear which prosecutors were affected by the order, or how many who worked on the investigations into Trump remained with the department. Smith resigned from the department earlier this month after submitting a two-volume report on the twin investigations into his efforts to undo the 2020 presidential election.

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Video DOJ fires members of special counsel Smith's team

The Justice Department is firing "over a dozen" officials who were part of former special counsel Jack Smith's teams that prosecuted President Donald Trump, officials confirmed to ABC News. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth's first official day at the Pentagon included a meeting with the White House National Security Council staff.

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Trump Justice Department says it has fired employees involved in prosecutions of the president

The abrupt action targeting career prosecutors is the latest sign of upheaval inside the Justice Department. It reflects the administration’s determination to purge the government of workers it perceives as disloyal to the president. The move, which follows the reassignment of multiple senior career officials across divisions, was made even though rank-and-file prosecutors remain in their positions.

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Trump fires officials who worked for prosecutor Jack Smith

The officials were fired after Acting Attorney General James McHenry said they could not be trusted in “faithfully implementing the president’s agenda,” Fox News reported. Special Counsel Jack Smith concluded in a report that the president engaged in an “unprecedented criminal effort” to hold on to power after losing the 2020 election.

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DOJ fires members of special counsel Jack Smith's team who prosecuted Trump

The Justice Department is firing "over a dozen" officials who were part of former special counsel Jack Smith's teams that prosecuted President Donald Trump. The move was largely expected after President Trump's threats leading up to the 2024 election stating he planned to fire Smith "on day one"

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Trump Justice Department says it has fired employees involved in prosecutions of the president

Justice Department fires more than a dozen employees who worked on criminal prosecutions of President Trump. The move is the latest sign of the administration's determination to purge the government of workers it perceives as disloyal to the president. It follows the firing of several senior career officials across divisions.

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Trump gets revenge as he fires a dozen officials who investigated him

The officials, who were on Special Counsel Jack Smith's team, were fired. Acting Attorney General James McHenry said they could not now be trusted to pursue the president's policies in good faith. Smith charged Trump in two separate prosecutions with trying to overturn his 2020 election defeat and mishandling of classified documents.

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Report: DOJ Sacks Members of Jack Smith's Prosecution Team

Presidential candidate Donald Trump has been criticized for his handling of the 2016 election. He has been accused of being too cozy with the media. The White House says he's been unfairly criticized for not being tough enough on immigration. He says he wants to be tough on illegal immigrants, especially those from Mexico.

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Trump administration fires more than a dozen DOJ officials that worked with Jack Smith: Reports

The terminations come after the administration reassigned at least 15 individuals at the agency to smaller roles last week. Acting Attorney General James McHenry ordered the terminations because he did not trust the officials to “faithfully [implement] the president’s agenda,” a DOJ official said.

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Trump Justice Dept. fires employees tied to Jack Smith probes as officials launch review of Jan. 6 cases

Former special counsel Jack Smith was appointed by Attorney General Merrick Garland in 2022. He took over two ongoing investigations of the president, one related to his handling of classified records and the other tied to his conduct following the 2020 presidential election. Smith informed the judges overseeing the cases that Justice Department policy forbids the prosecution of a sitting president.

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More Than a Dozen of Jack Smith's Officials Fired by DOJ

The Justice Department is firing over a dozen officials who worked on special counsel Jack Smith's cases against President Donald Trump. It was not immediately clear which DOJ officials were fired or who would replace them. Last week, Trump fired several inspector generals and has pushed for agencies to fire more federal workers.

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