President Donald Trump directed the Justice Department to fire all U.S. attorneys left over from the Biden administration.
In a post on his Truth Social platform, Trump said the agency has been “politicized like never before.”
“Therefore, I have instructed the termination of ALL remaining ‘Biden Era’ U.S. Attorneys. We must ‘clean house’ IMMEDIATELY, and restore confidence,” Trump wrote. “America’s Golden Age must have a fair Justice System – THAT BEGINS TODAY!”
Terminating U.S. attorneys from previous administrations is generally standard procedure. Fox News Digital has reached out to the Justice Department.
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Last week, the White House sent termination notices to several U.S. attorneys, who serve as the top federal law enforcement officials in their assigned districts, around the country who had been appointed by Biden.
Typically, a new administration will request the resignation of a U.S. attorney being replaced, rather than issuing a termination letter, Reuters reported.
Days after taking office, Trump fired several career federal prosecutors involved in cases against him. The employees worked on special counsel Jack Smith’s investigation against Trump over his handling of classified documents and efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss.
Smith resigned before Trump took office.
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During the 2024 presidential election, Trump accused the Biden administration of weaponizing the Justice Department against him in an effort to knock him out of the race. He campaigned on a promise to restore the agency.
“We’re going through this weaponization of our government to try and knock out somebody’s political opponent,” Trump said in March 2024, calling all the cases against him the “Biden trials.”
Most recently, Trump ordered the DOJ to drop a case against New York City Mayor Eric Adams, who was facing corruption charges, prompting acting U.S. Attorney Danielle Sassoon, and five other staffers to resign rather than carry out the directive.
Sasson, who was interim U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, accused the Justice Department of acceding to a “quid pro quo.”
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