The United States Attorney General, Pam Bondi, dismissed Friday to More than 20 employees of the Department of Justice who worked in cases related to the assault on the Capitol of January 6, 2021 and the management of documents classified by President Donald Trump, as reported on Saturday Axios.
These layoffs included Lawyers, support staff and federal sheriffsas reported by an official of the Department of Justice to the environment.
For its part, The New York Times He points out this Saturday that among the dismissed were two prosecutors who worked under the supervision of former special Jack Smith and that, at least, seven other dismissed employees were support personnel who attended prosecutors.
According to Axiosthese 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, another 14 officials related to Smith were fired, according to Axios.
