Trump administration fires DOJ lawyers who were assigned to work on criminal investigations of the president

essentialsaltes · Jan 27, 2025

The Justice Department said Monday that it fired several career lawyers involved in prosecuting Donald Trump, escalating the president's campaign of retribution against his perceived enemies.

The Justice Department employees had been involved in special counsel Jack Smith’s investigation that led to Trump's classified documents and Jan. 6 cases.

Among those let go, an official familiar with the matter told NBC News, were career prosecutors Molly Gaston, J.P. Cooney, Anne McNamara and Mary Dohrmann.

“Firing prosecutors because of cases they were assigned to work on is just unacceptable,” said former U.S. Attorney Joyce Vance, an NBC News legal contributor. “It’s anti-rule of law; it’s anti-democracy.”

[The employees can appeal.]

If the Justice Department is arguing that the lawyers are not performing properly, [which does not appear to be the case] they must be subject to what is known as progressive discipline, she said, including warnings and notice. They must be allowed to hire lawyers before they lose their jobs.

A2SG · Jan 27, 2025

essentialsaltes said:
The Justice Department said Monday that it fired several career lawyers involved in prosecuting Donald Trump, escalating the president's campaign of retribution against his perceived enemies.

The Justice Department employees had been involved in special counsel Jack Smith’s investigation that led to Trump's classified documents and Jan. 6 cases.

Among those let go, an official familiar with the matter told NBC News, were career prosecutors Molly Gaston, J.P. Cooney, Anne McNamara and Mary Dohrmann.

“Firing prosecutors because of cases they were assigned to work on is just unacceptable,” said former U.S. Attorney Joyce Vance, an NBC News legal contributor. “It’s anti-rule of law; it’s anti-democracy.”

[The employees can appeal.]

If the Justice Department is arguing that the lawyers are not performing properly, [which does not appear to be the case] they must be subject to what is known as progressive discipline, she said, including warnings and notice. They must be allowed to hire lawyers before they lose their jobs.

I'm shocked! Just shocked I tell you!

Next thing you'll be telling me the sun will rise next morning!

-- A2SG, who could possibly have seen this coming??

Laodicean60 · Jan 28, 2025

I guess he's cleaning the house everywhere.

Aryeh Jay · Jan 28, 2025

The country needs a good purge.

Laodicean60 · Jan 28, 2025

Aryeh Jay said:
The country needs a good purge.

I think the opposite I think we need to come together.

Aryeh Jay · Jan 28, 2025

Laodicean60 said:
I think the opposite I think we need to come together.

That may have been possible 20 years ago but the other side has become so extreme and radicalized that they don't even sound like they are Americans.

Laodicean60 · Jan 28, 2025

Aryeh Jay said:
That may have been possible 20 years ago but the other side has become so extreme and radicalized that they don't even sound like they are Americans.

It's always the other guys I'd hate to be them. How I miss the old days like the liberals of the 60's.

essentialsaltes · Jan 28, 2025

The shake-up has hit nearly every major department and could eliminate some guardrails at the Justice Department intended to keep politics from interfering with investigations, according to people familiar with the moves.

Among the people transferred to a less-influential position was Bradley Weinsheimer, the Justice Department’s most senior career official. His position included being involved in some of the department’s thorniest cases, acting as a mediator in ethical disputes, and telling political appointees in the law enforcement agency what they could and could not do.

The chief of the Justice Department’s public integrity section, Corey Amundson, was also being removed from his post, according to people familiar with the personnel move. The section oversees election crimes and investigations into public officials, and its chief is a nonpartisan career official, according to the Justice Department website.

Veteran career officials in the national security, criminal, environmental and civil rights divisions were also removed from their positions.
Some were transferred to a newly created division focused on sanctuary cities and immigration enforcement.

The transfers to less-desirable positions are probably, in part, intended to skirt career civil service protections and push at least some of these people to resign if they do not want to accept the transfers

FireDragon76 · Feb 16, 2025

Firing people for just doing their job is small, petty... and might very well be illegal.

Aryeh Jay · Feb 16, 2025

FireDragon76 said:
Firing people for just doing their job is small, petty... and might very well be illegal.

Thankfully President Trump was acting in an official capacity when such firings occurred, so no crime committed. The Supreme Court has spoken.

civilwarbuff · Feb 24, 2025

Aryeh Jay said:
The country needs a good purge.

Yep, the federal government needs a good political laxative......

civilwarbuff · Feb 24, 2025

Aryeh Jay said:
That may have been possible 20 years ago but the other side has become so extreme and radicalized that they don't even sound like they are Americans.

Yeah, the democrats have really gone around the bend over the past several years. Maybe it is time for them to die a quiet death.....go the way of the No Nothing Party.

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