BREAKING: Trump DOJ fires prosecutors hired to investigate J6

The Department of Justice on Friday terminated the employment of attorneys and staff who were hired to "support casework" for the Capitol riot of January 6. As part of that investigation, over 1,500 Americans were prosecuted for their involvement in the riot, many charged with trespassing, others with violent crimes such as assaulting a police officer. All of those individuals were pardoned by President Donald Trump on his first day in office.

The letter from Acting Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove stated, "You are directed to take all steps necessary to effectuate the termination of the employees identified in Appendix A, effective immediately. It is my understanding based on information provided by EOUSA and JMD that these employees are still within the probationary period associated with their hiring processes, and that they were initially hired as term employees at the US Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia to support casework relating to events that occurred at or near the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021."

"In an Executive Order issued on January 20, 2025, President Trump appropriately characterized that work as having involved 'a grave national injustice that has been perpetuated upon the American people over the last four years,'" the letter went on to say.

The letter from Bove also stated, "I will not tolerate subversive personnel actions by the previous Administration at any U.S. Attorney's Office. Too much is at stake. In light of the foregoing, the appropriate course is to terminate these employees, and to take all appropriate steps to ensure that resources allocated to their hiring and employment is available to Acting U.S. Attorney Martin for merit-based hiring."
 
FBI agents who worked on J6 had also been terminated from their positions.