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#DOJ fires 9 more employees from JackSmith's team

#US AG #PamBondi on Friday fired at least 9 more *#Justice* Dept employees who worked for Special Counsel #JackSmith to investigate #Trump's retention of #ClassifiedDocuments & efforts to overturn the 2020 election, according to 5 people familiar with the matter.

#law #MafiaState #authoritarianism #dictatorship #tyranny #AmericanAutocracy
reuters.com/world/us/us-justic

#FBI folds the public #corruption squad that aided #JackSmith's #Trump investigations

The field office has 3 units that work on public corruption issues, but this one—known internally as "CR15"—was deeply involved in the bureau’s "Arctic Frost" investigation, which was the precursor to the Smith probe into efforts to overturn the #2020election results by Trump & his allies. That investigation resulted in 1 of the 2 federal #criminal cases against Trump….

#law
nbcnews.com/politics/justice-d

NBC News · FBI folds the public corruption squad that aided Jack Smith's Trump investigationsBy Ryan J. Reilly
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“As a result of *those actions*, we’re now going to be suspending & putting under review #security clearances for employees at that firm & holding people responsible,” Scharf said.
[doing their jobs]

#Trump quipped that they would call the memo the “deranged Jack Smith signing,” invoking a pejorative he has frequently used to attack the former special counsel.

#Trump on Tues signed a memo suspending #security clearances for employees at a #law firm who assisted w/fmr special counsel #JackSmith’s investigation into the now-president.

WH staff secy Will Scharf said…that the memo targeted Washington, DC based law firm Covington & Burling, which provided pro bono #legal services to Smith in his probes of Trump that resulted in 2 #criminal indictments.

#petty #RevengePolitics #retribution #ClassifiedDocuments #Jan6 #insurrection
thehill.com/homenews/administr

Via Hugo Lowell:

New: #Trump's memo targeting the law firm representing Special Counsel #JackSmith is out -- orders the suspension of any security clearances held by Peter Koski and other lawyers at Covington & Burling, and directs agencies essentially to stop using the firm as outside counsel

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After one month in office, #EdMartin appears to be following through, taking actions that have alarmed lawyers inside & outside his office who say he’s leveraging the power of the #DOJ against political opponents & intimidating career prosecutors seen as insufficiently #loyal to #Trump. He fired prosecutors who investigated Trump as a part of special counsel #JackSmith’s team & who worked on #Jan6, 2021, Capitol #insurrection cases.

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"Martin has already targeted Senate Minority Leader #ChuckSchumer... Martin has also threatened to investigate former special counsel #JackSmith...

It seems that Martin, a defender of Trump’s election fraud #lies and the #Jan6 Capitol riots, wants to use his prosecutorial power to punish anyone who dares to oppose the president or Musk."
newrepublic.com/post/191787/tr

#JackSmith Among Federal Prosecutors Expressing 'Alarm' Over #Trump's #DOJ

Hundreds of fmr #Justice Dept lawyers signed an open letter to career federal prosecutors expressing "alarm" over the department's recent actions.

Among the signatories was Jack Smith, the fmr special counsel whose office charged Trump in connection to the #Jan6, 2021, Capitol insurrection & Trump's hoarding of #ClassifiedDocuments.

#law
newsweek.com/jack-smith-prosec

Newsweek · Jack Smith among federal prosecutors expressing "alarm" over Trump's DOJThe former special counsel Jack Smith was among the dozens of former DOJ lawyers who signed an open letter to career prosecutors.

If anyone asks "Are you surprised?" or says, "I'm not surprised," or "Is anyone surprised?" or, "No surprise there," I'll block. #BeOriginal

Via Kyle Cheney:

Todd BLANCHE says he opposes release of #JackSmith's report on the Mar-a-Lago classified documents investigation.

Also won't say he will recuse from any review of cases he represented #Trump in, including #Jan6, Mar-a-Lago and Alvin Bragg cases.

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In one memo, #PamBondi will establish a “Weaponization Working Group” to review #law enforcement actions enacted under the Biden admin for any examples of “politicized justice.”

That review will cover cases brought by fmr #SpecialCounsel #JackSmith over #Trump’s mishandling of #ClassifiedDocuments & 2020 #ElectionInterference, Manhattan DA #AlvinBragg’s hush-money case that led to a #conviction & a case from NYAG #LetitiaJames, in which she won a $454M civil #fraud judgment against Trump.

#DOJ fires officials who worked on #JackSmith’s #Trump investigation
#Justice fired ofcls who worked on the special counsel team that investigated Donald Trump in 2 separate #criminal cases, a spox said Monday.

Acting AG James McHenry informed the officials of their firings & said that he “does not trust these officials to assist in faithfully implementing the President’s agenda.”

[FYI it has NEVER been the job of the DOJ to implement “the President’s agenda”]

#law
washingtonpost.com/national-se

The Washington Post · DOJ fires officials who worked on Jack Smith’s Trump investigationBy Perry Stein

#Trump administration fires DOJ officials who worked on criminal investigations of the president

The DOJ employees had been involved in special counsel #JackSmith’s investigation that led to Trump's classified documents and #Jan6 cases.
nbcnews.com/politics/justice-d

NBC News · Trump administration fires DOJ officials who worked on criminal investigations of the presidentBy Ken Dilanian