About a dozen Justice Department employees who worked for former special counsel Jack Smith on his investigation of Donald Trump are being fired.

The Justice Department has fired more than a dozen lawyers, involved in criminal investigations into Donald Trump during his campaign for president, sources familiar with the matter confirmed to CNN,

The move breaks with federal norms against punishing civil servants for actions taken under a different administration.

Trump had vowed before the election to fire Smith ‘on day one’ and accused the Justice Department under Democratic president Joe Biden of conducting a ‘political witchhunt’ against him

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s first day at the Pentagon is expected to include an array of executive orders, including “removing DEI inside the Pentagon, reinstating troops who were pushed out because of Covid mandates” and an “Iron Dome

The special counsel's report concludes the criminal investigation that brought charges against a former president for the first time.

The US Justice Department fired a number of officials on Monday who were involved in the criminal prosecutions of President Donald Trump. “Acting attorney general James McHenry made this decision because he did not believe these officials could be trusted to faithfully implement the president’s agenda because of their significant role in prosecuting the president,

Early Tuesday morning, six days before Donald Trump will once again take the office of President of the United ... Justice Department Friday, and the report Tuesday morning. "Deranged Jack Smith ...

The abrupt action targeting career prosecutors who worked on special counsel Jack Smith's team is the latest sign of upheaval inside the Justice Department.

The Justice Department employees had been involved in special counsel Jack Smith’s investigation that led to Trump's classified documents and Jan. 6 cases.

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