An official said that the administration of US President Donald Trump on Monday dismissed more than a dozen lawyers of the Justice Department who had brought two criminal cases against them, one official said, because the Republican department has more control. Moves fast to do.
An official of the Justice Department said that officials were dismissed after the appointment of Trump, US Attorney General James Mc Henry, who was fired, concluded that they were prosecuted against them. Due to the role of Trump’s agenda “loyalty cannot be trusted.
According to a copy of the Reuters’ elimination letter, Mc Henry declared Trump’s authority to justify the shootings as chief executive under the constitution.
Lawyers worked with Special Counselor Jack Smith, who led Trump’s two federal legalization that the department dropped after his November elections. Earlier this month, Smith resigned from the department.
News of the firing came the same day that Washington’s top federal prosecutor and Trump appointed Ed Martin on January 6, 2021, about the use of a serious barrier charges against people accused of participating in 2021 Open the review. According to sources familiar with the matter, the US capital was attacked.
The US Supreme Court last year imposed a legal ban for the crime in a 6-3 verdict, which forced the prosecution to make the allegations in several cases.
The move reflects the Trump administration’s willingness to follow the threats of retaliation against prosecutors, who have pursued Trump and his supporters during his four years.
US President Donald Trump on Friday, speaking to reporters in North Carolina, continued with threats to impose taxes on Canada.
Stress with Justice Department
Prosecutors see Trump and his coalition department with deep skepticism after accusing the president of national security and election -related crimes.
Monday’s actions came when his administration re -assigned senior officials of the career department, including senior ethics officials, Bradley Wayne Shimmer, and former Chief of the Public Corruption Section, Corey Amidson, –
Amandson, whose section provided advice to Smith’s prosecutors, announced his resignation on Monday.
The Department of Justice has taken steps to shake the workforce of the Senate before the Senate’s trump’s attorney general nominated candidate Palm Bondi. Bondi’s nomination will be voted on Wednesday by a Senate panel.
Smith was appointed by former Attorney General Merck Garland, accusing Trump of retaining illegal classified documents in his Florida Social Club and interfere with the 2020 election certificate. Trying
Trump requested not to be guilty for all allegations and argued that the legal system’s “weapons” is reflected.
Wasith Both matters dropped After Trump’s election, a long -term policy cited against a sitting president against legal action.
Many of those working in Smith cases have long been public corruption and national security prosecutors, who stayed in the department earlier this month to close their investigation.
