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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Alex Woodward

Pam Bondi abruptly fires Justice Department’s top ethics chief in four-sentence letter

Attorney General Pam Bondi has fired the ethics director at the Department of Justice in a four-sentence letter that misspells his name, marking the latest departure from the agency during a mass exodus of career prosecutors under Donald Trump’s administration.

A letter to “Jospeh Tirrell” sent on July 11 and seen by The Independent notes his termination is “effective immediately” but does not state a reason why he was abruptly fired.

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