According to employees of the Ministry of Justice, US President Trump reports on other US officials who were involved in investigations against him: In addition to 30 prosecutors, several FBI agents are also said to have been released.
After the change of power almost two weeks ago, US President Donald Trump continues to go hard against civil servants who were involved in investigations against him. According to reports from the Washington Post, 30 prosecutors from the US Federal Justice are now being released.
In addition to employees of the judiciary, numerous FBI-agents are also to be released, including high-ranking managers. Citing the circles familiar with the plans, the Washington Post writes that “officials work to identify hundreds of hundreds (from FBI agents) for possible dismissal”.
According to the broadcaster CNN, at least six high-ranking FBI executives were instructed to “retire, step down or be released” by Monday “. According to CNN, the “possible dismissal” of dozens of FBI agents are also to be checked by Friday evening who were involved in the investigation against Trump supporters who stormed the US capitol on January 6, 2021. NBC News reported that more than 20 head offices of the FBI were also affected by the wave of discharge.
Mchenry: doubts trustworthiness the employee
On Monday, the US Justice Ministry had already released a number of employees who were involved in Trump's prosecution. According to an official of the Ministry of Justice, the provisional Minister of Justice James Mchenry made this decision because he did not believe that these civil servants are trustworthy due to their “significant role” in Trump's prosecution and “implement the president's agenda conscientiously”.
The special investigator Jack Smith, who had investigated Trump, who had investigated the Republican in two proceedings at the federal level, had already left the Ministry of Justice in January. He had investigated fraud on the United States and the suspicion of election manipulation and conspiracy in the United States and the storage of secret government files in Trump's private work in Florida.
Trump procedure set, presented report to Congress
The proceedings were given up on November 5, 2024 after Trump's election victory. Smith justified this with the customs that the Ministry of Justice has no investigations against incumbent presidents. In a report, which was handed over to the Congress a few days before Trump's swearing-in a few days before Trump, the special investigator emphasized that in his opinion, the special investigator only escaped thanks to his re-election of a conviction for election fraud.
FBI boss Christopher Wray also resigned immediately after Trump's re-election. Trump nominated his loyal followers Kash Patel for the post. Like the US President, he threatened political opponents with retaliation.
