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(146,207 posts) Mon Jan 27, 2025, 04:36 PM Monday

Trump fires officials who worked for prosecutor Jack Smith, Fox News reports

Source: Reuters

January 27, 2025 4:05 PM EST Updated 26 min ago

WASHINGTON, Jan 27 (Reuters) - The Justice Department is firing more than a dozen officials who worked on Special Counsel Jack Smith's cases against President Donald Trump on charges of trying to overturn his 2020 election defeat and mishandling of classified documents, Fox News reported on Monday.

The officials were fired after Acting Attorney General James McHenry said they could not be trusted in "faithfully implementing the president’s agenda," Fox reported, citing a Justice Department official.

"Today...McHenry terminated the employment of a number of (Justice Department) officials who played a significant role in prosecuting President Trump," Fox cited the official as saying. "In light of their actions, the Acting Attorney General does not trust these officials to assist in faithfully implementing the President’s agenda," the official said.

Smith, who resigned before Trump took office, concluded in a report released this month that the president engaged in an "unprecedented criminal effort" to hold on to power after losing the 2020 election, but was thwarted in bringing the case to trial by the his November election victory.

Read more: https://www.reuters.com/legal/trump-appointed-prosecutor-opens-internal-review-justice-depts-jan-6-cases-wsj-2025-01-27/

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Trump fires officials who worked for prosecutor Jack Smith, Fox News reports (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Monday OP

In other words, they can't be trusted to help implement a crook's agenda. Harker Monday #1

Hmmmm, I wonder if they have the same woodsprite Monday #2

I would expect that they were career civil service workers BumRushDaShow Monday #5

Could not be trusted to implement the presidents agenda? BOSSHOG Monday #3

Link to ABC News nitpicked Monday #4

Can someone say retaliation? sakabatou Monday #6

I wonder if they will share any information since they no longer work for the government. twodogsbarking Monday #7

Harker

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1. In other words, they can't be trusted to help implement a crook's agenda.

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Mon Jan 27, 2025, 04:43 PM

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They deserved better.

woodsprite

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2. Hmmmm, I wonder if they have the same

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Mon Jan 27, 2025, 04:46 PM

Monday

Criteria as a worker in the FBI does. They can be demoted, they can be moved to some remote office, but if they’re fired within 120 days of a new administration taking over, the worker can sue their asses.