A.G. Gancarski
The Donald Trump administration on Friday fired a group of prosecutors involved in the Jan. 6 criminal cases and demanded the names of FBI agents involved in those same probes so they can possibly be ousted, moves that reflect a White House determination to exert control over federal law enforcement and purge agencies of career employees seen as insufficiently loyal.
Acting Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove ordered the firings of the Jan. 6 prosecutors days after President Donald Trump’s sweeping clemency action benefiting the more than 1,500 people charged in the U.S. Capitol attack, according to a memo obtained by The Associated Press. About two dozen employees at the U.S. Attorney’s office in Washington were terminated, said a person familiar with the matter who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss personnel issues.
A separate memo by Bove identified more than a half-dozen FBI senior executives who were ordered to retire or be fired by Monday, and also asked for the names, titles and offices of all FBI employees who worked on investigations into the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol riot — a list the bureau’s acting director said could number in the thousands. Bove, who has defended Trump in his criminal cases before joining the administration, said Justice Department officials would then carry out a “review process to determine whether any additional personnel actions are necessary.”
The Justice Department also charged more than 1,500 Trump supporters in connection with the Capitol riot, though Trump on his first day in office granted clemency to all of them — including the ones convicted of violent crimes — through pardons, sentence commutations and dismissals of indictments.
This week, the Justice Department fired more than a dozen prosecutors who worked on Smith investigations, and a group of senior FBI executives — including several executive assistant directors and agents in charge of big-city field offices — have been told to either resign or retire or be fired Monday.
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Republished with permission of the Associated Press.
15 comments
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February 1, 2025 at 1:23 pm
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MH/Duuuval
February 2, 2025 at 11:01 am
BeN Sasse stepped down, so there.
Linwood Wright
February 8, 2025 at 10:52 pm
Trump IS the swamp.
Steve Kirn
February 1, 2025 at 1:23 pm
As Trump is fine if saying, “No one has ever seen…” such a brazen, shameless, political purge of our premier law enforcement agency. If they dump thousands of agents and virtually all key leaders, who will be there for the rest of us? Oh, I know! There are thousands of capable, white guys who are ready to step in! Right?
MH/Duuuval
February 2, 2025 at 11:02 am
Stalin did the same thing when he got the reins of power and Russia paid a price when the Germans invaded.
Of course, now the totalitarians are MAGAs.
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February 5, 2025 at 1:09 am
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TJC
February 2, 2025 at 12:05 pm
If thousands of Black people had stormed the Capitol to protest the certification of Donald Trump’s election victory last month, he’d be calling for their executions.
Trump is fond of 1950’s America because that’s the way justice worked in those days: White guy breaking the law? Give him a break, he’d had a few to drink. Black guy breaking the law? Hang him.
Earl Pitts "Govornment Expert" American
February 3, 2025 at 6:23 am
Good Morn ‘Ting, corrupt employees,
Say your prayers, Guilty Dook 4 Brains Lefty govornment employees.
WHAT WERE YOU THINKING???
Did you think the Democrats would be in power forever more to protect you???
Did you think The Big Dog was not gonna come off the porch and chew your @ss up???
You are NOT the “Rank & File” employees which everyone is always so quick not to Cast Guilt Upon.
Y’all did wrong and now ya gotta pay. GITMO is ready for y’all.
Earl Pitts “Govornment Expert” American
Along for the Ride
February 3, 2025 at 1:32 pm
So all the people that broke the law were pardoned and released and all the people who stood by the law and upheld the law were fired? Got it
Sunny days
February 8, 2025 at 9:10 am
It’s like a pay back how dare you come after us crimesters. We will now. Take the whole Treasury department and take it all
Sunny days
February 8, 2025 at 9:53 am
In today’s world he can kill anyone he wants and still be in charge. Loyalty and hit men
Sunny days
February 8, 2025 at 9:56 am
Integrity is removing yourself when caught in a crime
Sunny days
February 8, 2025 at 10:11 am
Nixon should have went for office anyhow
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