The United States Attorney General, Pam Bondihe fired more than 20 employees of the Department of Justice that worked in cases related to the assault on the Capitol of January 6, 2021 and the management of documents classified by the President Donald Trumpas Axios reported this Saturday. These layoffs included Lawyers, support staff and sheriffs FederaleS, as reported by an official of the Department of Justice to the Middle.
For its part, The New York Times points out this Saturday that among the dismissed they were Two prosecutors who worked under the supervision of the former special Jack Smith And that, at least, others seven dismissed employees were support staff that attended prosecutors.
According to axios, these layoffs are part of a “Mass purge” destined to exonerate lawyers and support personnel who participated in Trump’s processing by Smith on January 6 and illegal possession of classified documents from the Department of Justice.
Before Bondi assumed the position, others 14 officials related to Smith were firedaccording to axios.