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.

Ed Martin, President Trump’s top prosecutor for Washington, D.C., told Justice Department colleagues Monday that he is launching a “special project” to review the office’s handling of a federal charge brought against many of the 1,

The Justice Department fired officials who worked on the special counsel team that investigated Donald Trump in two separate criminal cases, a spokesman said.

The Justice Department has fired multiple employees who worked with Special Counsel Jack Smith on his criminal investigations into President Donald Trump. Since his inauguration last week, the Trump administration has moved quickly to reshape the federal workforce—including ordering all federal workers back to the office and purging departments of diversity,