BREAKING: Bondi fires 20 federal officials with ties to Jack Smith: Sources

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From ABC News: Attorney General Pam Bondi has fired at least 20 prosecutors and support staffers who assisted former Special Counsel Jack Smith’s investigations into President Trump, sources familiar with the matter told ABC News Saturday.

Senior leadership at the department had already ousted most of the remaining prosecutors associated with the probes.

Some of staffers who have been identified through the Justice Department’s “weaponization working group” may not have had any significant role in driving the prosecutions themselves and were, support staff, litigation assistants and U.S. marshals, according to sources.

The firings have sent a chill through the remainder of DOJs career workforce, which had previously been left shaken by dramatic purges and reassignments of officials in the early days of Trump’s presidency.

ABC notes that a DOJ spokesperson didn’t immediately respond to their request for comment.

The firings come as many are calling for Bondi to be fired herself, notably led by conservative influencer Laura Loomer. Many feel that this move is too little, too late, as the firings should have occurred in January.

“They deserve more than just being fired. Most of them [should be] prosecuted,” one X user wrote on X. “Bondi should have fired and prosecuted these corrupt goons in the first month! Jack Smith and Tish James.

“This is why Bondi needs to go.”

This is a developing story.

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