AP has learned of the firing of anti-Trump staffers at the Justice Department

The U.S. Department of Justice has fired more than a dozen employees involved in cases against U.S. President Donald Trump. This was reported by the Associated Press (AP) on January 28.

As AP writes, the dismissal of employees who worked on the team of special prosecutor Jack Smith is in line with "the administration's determination to purge the government of employees it considers disloyal to the president."

"Today, Acting Attorney General James McGenry fired a number of Justice Department officials who played a significant role in the prosecution of President Trump. In light of their actions, the Acting Attorney General does not trust these officials to help implement the President's agenda in good faith. This action is consistent with the mission to end the use of the government as a weapon," the agency quotes the text of a statement by a Justice Department spokesperson.

At the same time, it is unknown how many employees of the Ministry of Justice were affected by this order, as well as how many of those who worked on investigations against Trump remained in the department when he took office.

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Earlier, on January 23, US President Donald Trump said that the four years of former US leader Joe Biden 's presidency were hell for him because of the prosecution. Also, answering a journalist's question about whether he would like Biden's activities to be investigated by the US Congress, Trump said that he would let the legislative body decide on this on its own.

Prior to that, on January 8, The Washington Post reported that a U.S. court temporarily blocked the publication of a report on the results of investigations into the country's president, prepared by special prosecutor Jack Smith. Politico reported on Jan. 11 that Smith had resigned.

At the end of May 2024, Trump was found guilty on all 34 counts in the financial forgery case. He faced 136 years in prison. Back in April, Bloomberg reported that by the end of March, Trump had spent $4.9 million on legal fees.

According to the prosecution's version, in 2006 the politician became intimate with porn actress Stormy Daniels, and in 2016 his lawyer Michael Cohen paid $130 thousand in exchange for a nondisclosure agreement. Trump reimbursed Cohen's financial spending by disguising the payments as legal fees. The total amount on the checks amounted to $420 thousand.

The President himself said that the accusation was nothing more than falsification, behind which was Biden, who wanted in this way to get rid of the main rival in the now past elections. On January 10, CNN reported that a court in New York refused to sentence the president in the forgery case and decided to release Trump from prosecution of the case without any conditions.