Pam Bondi fires three prosecutors involved in Jan. 6 cases
Attorney General Pam Bondi has dismissed at least three prosecutors involved in prosecuting cases related to the January 6,2021,Capitol riot. This critically important move, reported by several sources, raises concerns as it marks the first time that career prosecutors who had completed their probationary periods were removed from their positions. The firings come after the Trump governance had previously issued pardons to January 6 protesters and emphasized actions against those who pursued charges related to the unrest. The terminations reportedly include two supervising attorneys and a line attorney directly involved in prosecuting the cases stemming from the riot.
A letter signed by Bondi did not provide specific reasons for the dismissals other than referencing article II of the U.S. Constitution. Law enforcement officials expressed alarm at the firings, characterizing them as unjust and a threat to the integrity of the Department of Justice. Critics have highlighted a wider pattern of accountability evasion regarding the events of January 6, with some political figures even creating replica plaques to honor law enforcement officers involved in the incident, in response to perceived neglect from Congress. The Justice Department has yet to provide a comment on the firings.
Pam Bondi fires three prosecutors involved in Jan. 6 cases
Attorney General Pam Bondi on Friday terminated at least three prosecutors involved in Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot cases, according to multiple reports.
The Trump administration has pardoned all Jan. 6 protesters and has taken actions against those who prosecuted them for a variety of allegations connected to the unrest.
Among those dismissed were two attorneys who supervised the Jan. 6 prosecutions in Washington and a line attorney who prosecuted cases originating from the Capitol riot.
A letter received by one of the prosecutors was signed by Bondi and did not provide a reason for their removal other than citing “Article II of the United States Constitution and the laws of the United States,” according to the Associated Press.
One law enforcement official told NBC News that the firings, the first time career prosecutors who worked on the Jan. 6 cases and completed their probationary periods were dismissed, are “horrifying.”
“To fire them, without explanation, is a slap in the face not only to them, but to all career DOJ prosecutors,” the official said. “No one is safe from this administration’s whims and impulses. And the public certainly is not served by the continued brain drain of DOJ — we are losing the best among us every day.”
The Trump administration fired probationary federal prosecutors who worked on the Jan. 6 cases in late January and also terminated prosecutors associated with former special counsel Jack Smith’s investigation into President Donald Trump.
Ed Martin, the former interim U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, demoted several prosecutors involved in the Jan. 6 cases in February. Martin previously defended Jan. 6 protesters. He said on a podcast in 2024 that Jan. 6 protesters were regular people.
“I’ve never seen anything so unfair in terms of … how these people are characterized, you know, insurrectionists and felonious, all this stuff,” Martin said.
Some congressional Democrats created replica Jan. 6 plaques commemorating law enforcement officers for their actions that day and asked their Democratic colleagues to hang them outside their offices, as the official plaque commissioned by Congress has not been installed yet.
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“If you’re frustrated, like we are, with this embarrassing violation of law and spectacular disregard for the valor, honor and sacrifice of our police officers who responded on that day, please join us by displaying a poster replica of the plaque outside of your office,” the Democrats wrote in the letter.
The Washington Examiner reached out to the Justice Department for comment but received no response.
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