Special Counsel Jack Smith as prosecutor for the International Criminal Court in the Hague. (Credit: public domain)
The Justice Department has fired more than a dozen officials involved in former special counsel Jack Smith’s prosecution of President Trump, The Post has confirmed.
Acting Attorney General James McHenry ordered the terminations because he believed the officials could not be trusted in “faithfully implementing the president’s agenda,” a DOJ official said in a statement to The Post.
Trump appoints James McHenry as Acting Attorney General on January 20, 2025. (Credit: public domain)
“Today, Acting Attorney General James McHenry terminated the employment of a number of DOJ officials who played a significant role in prosecuting President Trump,” the statement read. “In light of their actions, the Acting Attorney General does not trust these officials to assist in faithfully implementing the President’s agenda.”
The DOJ official argued that the firings are in line with the Trump administration’s “mission of ending the weaponization of government.”
McHenry notified the DOJ officials — who have not yet been identified — of their firings in a letter. It’s unclear exactly how many officials received termination letters from McHenry.
The firings were first reported by Fox News on Monday.
The move comes days after the DOJ reportedly reassigned at least 15 career officials at the agency, including one who pushed for the FBI raid of Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate, to roles with less influence on the department’s major decisions.
Some were reassigned to the DOJ’s new Office of Sanctuary Cities Enforcement the Washington Post reported last week. (Read more: New York Post, 1/28/2025) (Archive)