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Trump appointee fires January 6 prosecutors and issues threat to FBI agents

Emil Bove, the acting deputy attorney general under Donald Trump.
Emil Bove, the acting deputy attorney general under Donald Trump, ordered the firings, according to a memo obtained by the Associated Press. Photograph: Jeenah Moon/AP

The Trump administration has fired a group of Justice Department prosecutors involved in the 6 January criminal cases and demanded the names of FBI agents involved in those same investigations so they can possibly be ousted.

The jobs of about 24 employees at the US attorney’s office in Washington were terminated late on Friday, said a person familiar with the matter who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss personnel issues.

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