Legal professional Normal Pam Bondi has fired at the least 20 prosecutors and help staffers who assisted former Particular Counsel Jack Smith’s investigations into President Donald Trump, sources aware of the matter instructed ABC Information Saturday.
Senior management on the division had already ousted many of the remaining prosecutors related to the probes.
A DOJ spokesperson did not instantly reply to ABC Information’ requests for remark.
On this Aug. 1, 2023, file photograph, Particular Prosecutor Jack Smith addresses reporters in Washington, D.C.
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A few of staffers who’ve been recognized by the Justice Division’s “weaponization working group” could not have had any vital function in driving the prosecutions themselves and had been, help employees, litigation assistants and U.S. marshals, in keeping with sources.
The firings have despatched a chill by the rest of the DOJ’s profession workforce, which had beforehand been left shaken by dramatic purges and reassignments of officers within the early days of Trump’s presidency.
Legal professional Normal Pam Bondi speaks throughout a information convention with President Donald Trump within the Brady Briefing Room of the White Home, June 27, 2025, in Washington.
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Senior management on the division had already ousted many of the remaining prosecutors.
