Trump DOJ Fires All Prosecutors Who Worked On January 6 Cases

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Trump DOJ Fires All Prosecutors Who Worked On January 6 Cases

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By Cullen McCue
February 2, 2025

The Trump Administration on Friday fired a handful of prosecutors who were involved in the highly politicized prosecutions of January 6 Capitol protesters. Acting Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove also instructed acting FBI Director Brian Driscoll to turn over a complete list of agents who worked on January 6 cases no later than Wednesday evening, while eight senior FBI officials were fired effective immediately.

Bove ordered the firings of January 6 prosecutors — many of whom have been voicing their disdain for President Trump and his supporters on MSNBC — just a few days after Trump pardoned more than 1,500 January 6 prisoners and defendants. The affected prosecutors worked on the sprawling, four-year case that saw heavily armed FBI agents raiding the homes of Trump supporters for non-violent crimes.

More than 600 protesters were charged with felony “obstruction of an official proceeding,” a dubious charge that drew from laws established in the wake of the Enron corruption scandal. The statute was never used to prosecute political protesters before and was ultimately tossed by the U.S. Supreme Court.

Still, hundreds of Trump supporters were convicted of a felony and sentenced to lengthy prison terms for conduct that amounted to misdemeanor trespassing. Even those who were not convicted of the bogus felony count and were instead convicted of low level misdemeanors were sentenced to federal prison terms, something that was relatively unheard of prior to the January 6 cases.

No such investigation was launched to round up people who protested on government property and attacked the White House during the Black Lives Matter riots in 2020. Pro-Palestine protesters — many of whom have trespassed in federal buildings and interrupted sessions of Congress — were also spared from the ruthless prosecution endured by January 6 protesters.

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[Fishrrman]

Dialogue not needed:


Results richly deserved.

[mystery-ak]

https://twitter.com/BehizyTweets/status/1886835732121313443

[MeganC]

Trump is taking out the TRASH!!! 

[Timber Rattler]

I'm pretty sure that Trump won't care what a federal judge thinks or how he or she will decide, or what court orders are issued, so they're just wasting their time.

[MeganC]

I'm pretty sure that Trump won't care what a federal judge thinks or how he or she will decide, or what court orders are issued, so they're just wasting their time.

Arrest the offending judges and charge them with obstruction and insurrection.

I'm sure they'll understand.

[bilo]

https://twitter.com/BehizyTweets/status/1886835732121313443

It won't save them. The Chief Law Enforcement Officer in the USA is the POTUS. The POTUS is in charge and if the POTUS wants to know who did what in one of the executive branches he is entitled to that information.

[bilo]

I'm pretty sure that Trump won't care what a federal judge thinks or how he or she will decide, or what court orders are issued, so they're just wasting their time.

Even if the agents employment agreement won't allow termination, they can be assigned to the border and help there for the rest of their careers.