President Donald Trump directly ordered the Justice Department to fire more than a dozen prosecutors who worked on the criminal cases against him, The Guardian reported Tuesday.
It has been reported Trump administration officials were moving to fire FBI agents and DOJ prosecutors who had been engaged in investigations involving Trump.
Acting Attorney General James McHenry fired more than a dozen officials who worked on Special Counsel Jack Smith's prosecutions of Trump because they could not be trusted to "faithfully" implement the president's agenda, Fox News reported.
McHenry took action, but the genesis for the firings was Trump himself, The Guardian reported.
The outlet added the White House presidential personnel office issued a memo that directed DOJ to proceed.
Newsmax contacted the White House seeking comment.
The Justice Department has not commented on the personnel moves.
Trump campaigned on rooting out weaponization of the government that the DOJ and FBI exhibited under former President Joe Biden before winning all seven battleground states and securing a second term in the White House.
Legal representatives for DOJ and FBI employees reportedly targeted for termination by the Trump administration sent a letter to Acting Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove saying any firings would violate due process and threaten national security.
Senate Democrats have asked McHenry and acting FBI director Brian Driscoll for a list of all employees who have been reassigned or removed as well as records of communications with attorney general nominee Pam Bondi, FBI director nominee Kash Patel, and other top DOJ officials, The Washington Post reported.
Whistleblower records released last week showed that "prolific anti-Trump FBI agent" Timothy Thibault allegedly broke protocol to push for the agency's initial investigations into Trump and the 2020 election.
The records, released by Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, and Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., Thursday, show that Thibault allegedly wrote the language for the "Arctic Frost" investigation that eventually became former Special Counsel Jack Smith's case against Trump, reported The Federalist.
Reuters contributed to this story.
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