NonilexJan 31, 2025

#Trump’s Interim US atty #fires more than 2 dozen #Jan6 #prosecutors in DC

Interim US Atty #EdMartin has dismissed roughly 30 federal prosecutors who worked on Capitol #insurrection cases in the Washington, DC, office over the past 4 yrs….

The employees were hired to permanent career positions after serving under special or short-term status as the office surged to manage nearly 1,600 prosecutions after the #Jan6, 2021, attack….

#law #Felon47 #SeditiousConspiracy
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2025/01/31/jan6-prosecutors-fired-dc-martin/

D.C. U.S. attorney fires Jan. 6 prosecutors, launches new probes

The lawyer and pro-Trump podcaster has fired Jan. 6 prosecutors, launched investigations of the Capitol riot investigation and threatened a Democrat with an inquiry.

The Washington Post
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The prosecutors were still under probationary status, allowing the firings w/o recourse under #DOJ policy….

Notifications went out Fri to people who served in the office’s now-disbanded Capitol siege prosecution section…. The cuts amount to about 8% of the office’s prosecutors. Combined with a recently announced freeze on hiring & promotions, the openings will have impacts across the office’s #civil, #appellate, #SuperiorCourt & #ViolentCrime divisions…

#law #Felon47 #Jan6 #SeditiousConspiracy

Jan 31, 2025 at 10:40pmWeb