The report calls Trump's claims that the special counsel was influenced by Biden for political reasons "laughable."

The DOJ official argued that the firings are in line with the Trump administration’s “mission of ending the weaponization of government.”

Special counsel Jack Smith, in his final report on his Jan. 6 investigation into Donald Trump, says Trump used "intimidation and harassment" to stymie his probe.

Mr. Trump has declared on Truth Social that Mr. Smith “should be prosecuted for election interference & prosecutorial misconduct.” The president has also called him a “career criminal.” He also reposted the radio host Mark Levin’s view that “Jack Smith must go to prison.”

The Trump Justice Department says it has fired more than a dozen employees who worked on criminal investigations into President Donald Trump.

The acting attorney general fired more than a dozen officials who assisted special counsel Jack Smith's prosecutions against President Donald Trump.

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.

The termination of more than a dozen lawyers who worked with the special counsel, Jack Smith, came hours after the department’s most senior career official was reassigned.

The moves show a willingness by the administration to follow through on threats to seek retribution. Read more at straitstimes.com.

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WASHINGTON - 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.