Trump administration fires DOJ officials who worked on criminal investigations of the president
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Trump administration fires DOJ officials who worked on criminal investigations of the president
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>“Today, Acting Attorney General James McHenry terminated the employment of a number of DOJ officials who played a significant role in prosecuting President Trump,” a Justice Department official told NBC News. “In light of their actions, the Acting Attorney General does not trust these officials to assist in faithfully implementing the President’s agenda. This action is consistent with the mission of ending the weaponization of government.”
>Career civil servants can’t just be summarily fired — a legal process will unfold.
>“Firing prosecutors because of cases they were assigned to work on is just unacceptable,” said former U.S. Attorney Joyce Vance, an NBC News legal contributor. “It’s anti-rule of law, it’s anti-democracy.”
They also launched a ‘special project’ that looks into January 6 prosecutors.
That seems unethical, DOJ should open an investigation on whether a law has been broken here