At the end of last week, Attorney General Pam Bondi fired some people at the Department of Justice. Varying sources had varying numbers.
At least nine DOJ workers were terminated by Bondi on Friday, The New York Times reported, while other outlets including Axios and The Washington Post reported that 20 employees were cut, including U.S. marshals, support staff and lawyers.
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Yahoo reported that some of the people were connected to Special Counsel Jack Smith’s probe.
According to Axios, the employees ousted on Friday “were identified during an internal investigation carried out by the ‘Weaponization Working Group'” that had been formed by Bondi.
The Director of the Departmental Ethics Office, Joseph Tirrell, has also been fired, according to the report.
Why he was fired wasn’t specified in the report. But it did observe the following.
Tirrell advised Special Counsel Jack Smith on ethical considerations during his criminal prosecutions of President Trump, according to Bloomberg Law.
That included approving approximately