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 action was the latest effort to turn the table on criminal investigations that for years shadowed Trump, resulting in separate indictments that never went to trial and were ultimately abandoned.Vi

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

President Donald Trump's administration on Monday fired more than a dozen Justice Department lawyers who brought two criminal cases against him, an official said, as the Republican moves swiftly to exert greater control over the department.

The Justice Department has fired more than a dozen lawyers, involved in criminal investigations into Donald Trump during his campaign for president, sources familiar with the matter confirmed to CNN,