DOJ fires prosecutors from Jack Smith’s team

Published January 27, 2025 4:34pm ET



Acting Attorney General James McHenry terminated the employment of more than a dozen prosecutors who worked on former special counsel Jack Smith‘s team on Monday, gutting the office that led two historic criminal prosecutions of President Donald Trump.

A Justice Department spokesman confirmed the firings to the Washington Examiner but did not disclose the names of those who were let go. McHenry deemed them untrustworthy, the spokesman said.

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