Leaders in the House Democratic caucus are asking Department of Justice (DOJ) officials to explain firings made under the new Trump administration.
Two top Democrats on the Judiciary and Oversight committees—Reps. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) and Gerry Connolly (D-Va.)—wrote in a letter that they were alarmed and concerned by reports of “widespread summary firing and involuntary reassignment of excellent career prosecutors.”
On Monday, the agency’s acting head fired officials who had worked for former special counsel Jack Smith’s team, according to a DOJ spokesperson.
“This onslaught against effective DOJ civil servants began within hours of President Donald Trump’s inauguration, in complete contradiction of the president’s repeated pledges to maintain a merit-based system for government employment,” Raskin and Connolly wrote in their letter….