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EXCLUSIVE: The Justice Department is firing much than a twelve cardinal officials who worked connected Special Counsel Jack Smith’s squad prosecuting President Donald Trump, aft Acting Attorney General James McHenry said they could not beryllium trusted successful "faithfully implementing the president’s agenda," Fox News Digital has learned.
McHenry has transmitted a missive to each authoritative notifying them of their termination, a Justice Department authoritative exclusively told Fox News Digital.
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It is unclear however galore officials received that letter. The names of the individuals were not instantly released.
"Today, Acting Attorney General James McHenry terminated the employment of a fig of DOJ officials who played a important relation successful prosecuting President Trump," a DOJ authoritative told Fox News Digital. "In airy of their actions, the Acting Attorney General does not spot these officials to assistance successful faithfully implementing the President’s agenda."
This enactment "is accordant with the ngo of ending the weaponization of government," the authoritative told Fox News Digital.
The determination comes aft the Justice Department reassigned much than a twelve officials successful the archetypal week of the Trump medication to a Sanctuary City task unit and different measures.
It besides comes aft Trump vowed to extremity the weaponization of the national government.
Former Attorney General Merrick Garland appointed Smith, a former Justice Department official, arsenic peculiar counsel successful November 2022.
Smith, a erstwhile adjunct U.S. lawyer and main to the DOJ's nationalist integrity section, led the probe into Trump's retention of classified documents aft leaving the White House and whether the erstwhile president obstructed the national government's probe into the matter.
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Smith was besides tasked with overseeing the probe into whether Trump oregon different officials and entities interfered with the peaceful transportation of powerfulness pursuing the 2020 statesmanlike election, including the certification of the Electoral College ballot connected Jan. 6, 2021.
Smith charged Trump successful some cases, but Trump pleaded not guilty.
The classified records lawsuit was dismissed successful July 2024 by U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida Judge Aileen Cannon, who ruled that Smith was unlawfully appointed arsenic peculiar counsel.
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Smith charged Trump successful the U.S. District Court for Washington D.C. successful his 2020 predetermination case, but aft Trump was elected president, Smith sought to disregard the case. Judge Tanya Chutkan granted that request.
Both cases were dismissed.
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