The Trump Justice Department’s top political appointee directed officials to fire at least a dozen prosecutors who worked on Jan. 6 Capitol riot cases, a memo obtained by Bloomberg Law showed.
The memo from Acting Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove directed the interim US Attorney for the District of Columbia, Ed Martin, and other Justice Department officials to “take all steps necessary to effectuate the termination” of line prosecutors focused on Jan. 6 cases who’d been converted from temporary to permanent status shortly before President Donald Trump took office.
The positions were advertised as two-year appointments that could be extended ...
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