by Nick R. Hamilton
President Donald Trump’s Department of Justice (DOJ) is firing dozens of career prosecutors, sparking alarm among his critics.
Critics have accused Trump of departing from established norms with his sweeping shakeup of the DOJ.
The firings of Democrat-loyal DOJ officials have played a central role in Trump’s efforts to end the weaponization of the justice system.
Trump’s rise as a politician led Democrats to embrace the justice system as a defense of “our democracy.”
Democrats welcomed politically motivated criminal investigations into Trump in an effort to derail his return to the White House.
Attorney General Pam Bondi has fired several prosecutors who were involved in Special Counsel Jack Smith’s politically explosive investigations of Trump in 2024.
Smith’s efforts divided the nation.
Some cheered Smith as a warrior for justice, and others condemned him as a political hatchet man.
Trump recently quipped about his reversal of fortunes since becoming president again, remarking:
“I was the hunted, and now I’m the hunter.”
After the FBI spent years pursuing Trump, the agency has turned to targeting his critics, such as James Comey and John Brennan.
Meanwhile, the DOJ is purging employees believed to be hostile toward the Trump administration.
Justice Connection, a new group formed to protect career employees who feel threatened by the new administration, estimates that over 200 have been fired.
In a statement to The Hill, Stacey Young, executive director and founder of the group, said:
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