Three former Justice Department (DOJ) employees hit the Trump administration on Thursday with a lawsuit alleging wrongful termination.
The effort was led by former federal prosecutor Michael Gordon, who worked on top cases related to the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol. The complaint was also signed by Patricia Hartman, a former public affairs specialist within the U.S. attorney’s office, and Joseph Tirrell, who previously led DOJ’s Departmental Ethics Office.
In the court filing, the former employees allege that their firings were “not in accordance with the law,” “contrary to a constitutional right, power, privilege, or immunity” and “in excess of statutory jurisdiction, authority, or limitations, or short of statutory right.”
This comes amid a wave of approximately 200 terminations at the department amid President Trump’s efforts to shake-up the federal workforce and root out “waste, fraud and abuse.”
Attorney General Pam Bondi also fired 20 staffers who worked on special counsel Jack Smith’s team, including cases related to Trump’s retainment of classified documents after leaving the White House and his alleged the efforts to remain in power after losing the 2020 election to former President Biden.
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