The 47th president invokes the powers of Article II to fire the special counsel’s squad — but are his hands tied?
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department said Monday that it had fired more than a dozen employees who worked on Jack Smith’s criminal prosecutions of President Trump, moving rapidly to pursue retribution against lawyers involved in the investigations and signaling an early willingness to take action favorable to the president’s personal interests.
Fla., joined 'The Faulkner Focus' to discuss her initial reaction to the firings and how House Republicans are going to work to advance President Donald Trump's agenda.
The DOJ official argued that the firings are in line with the Trump administration’s “mission of ending the weaponization of government.”
A federal judge slammed special counsel Jack Smith on Tuesday and accused his office of seeking to deny two former co-defendants of President Trump a fair trial by releasing a final report on the
Fox News contributor Byron York discusses the Justice Department's decision to fire employees who worked for former special counsel Jack Smith in prosecuting President Donald Trump on ‘America’s Newsroom.
In a new ruling released Tuesday, Cannon granted a request from Trump's co-defendants, his aides Walt Nauta and Carlos de Oliveira, to deny the Department of Justice 's request to release the report. The move blocks the report from being shared with the heads of the House and Senate Judiciary Committees.
In light of their actions, the Acting Attorney General does not trust these officials to assist in faithfully implementing the President’s agenda.”
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The Justice Department fired officials who worked on the special counsel team that investigated Donald Trump in two separate criminal cases, a spokesman said.
The Justice Department is firing "over a dozen" officials who were part of former special counsel Jack Smith's teams that prosecuted President Donald Trump, officials confirmed to ABC News Monday.