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Trump appointee fires January 6 prosecutors and issues threat to FBI agents

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Trump appointee fires January 6 prosecutors and issues threat to FBI agents



About two dozen Justice Department employees involved in Capitol riot cases sacked and demand issued for list of FBI officers The Trump administration has fired a group of Justice Department prosecutors involved in the 6 January criminal cases and demanded the names of FBI agents involved in those same investigations so they can possibly be ousted.The jobs of about 24 employees at the US attorney’s office in Washington were terminated late on Friday, said a person familiar with the matter who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss personnel issues. Continue reading…



Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/01/trump-purge-at-justice-department-of-january-6-prosecutors-and-threat-to-fbi-agents

Author : Guardian staff and agencies

Publish date : 2025-02-01 08:41:32

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