The Trump Justice Department said Monday that it had fired more t🌃han a dozen employees who worked on🐭 criminal investigations into President Donald Trump.
The abrupt action targeting career prosecutors who worked on special counsel Jack Smith's team is the latest sign of upheaval inside the Justice Department and reflects the administration's determination to purge the government of workers it ꧃perceives as disloyal to the president.
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A Justice Department official, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss the personnel move, confirmed the termin�🎃�ations were made by acting Attorney General James McHenry.
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Smith himse𝓰lf resigned from the depar✃tment earlier this month.
