A top U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) official who oversaw an organized crime and drug trafficking task force said he was fired last week.
Adam Cohen, who was the director of the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces, said in a March 8 post on LinkedIn that he was dismissed by Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche.
“I received a two-sentence memorandum addressed to me from the Deputy Attorney General (DAG),” Cohen said. “It stated that I had been removed from my Senior Executive Service position and that pursuant to Article II of the Constitution, my employment with the U.S. Department of Justice was terminated.”…