Trump DOJ fires Jan. 6 Capitol riot prosecutors, FBI executives ousted

The Justice Department initiated the personnel changes at the D.C. U.S. attorney's office and the FBI.

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DOJ fires prosecutors who worked on Trump criminal cases

Justice Department (DOJ) officials fired several prosecutors who worked on President Trump's criminal cases, saying they could not “trust” them. The move impacted at least a dozen prosecutors who ...
The Hill - 4d
Prosecutor in Jan. 6 cases responds to Trump's pardons of rioters

NBC News' Ryan Reilly spoke to attorney Jason Manning about the pardons President Trump had issued for criminal defendants for those involved in the Capitol riot after he worked as a prosecutor on ...
NBC News - Jan. 23
Judge Chutkan: Trump pardons won't change 'tragic truth' of Jan. 6 Capitol riot

U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan, who oversaw President Trump's federal election subversion case, wrote in court filings that his sweeping pardons for those charged in connection with the Jan. 6, ...
The Hill - Jan. 22
Trump's pardons for rioters 'disturbing,' former top Jan. 6 prosecutor says

A former top prosecutor from the D.C. U.S. attorney's office called Trump's pardons for those charged in the Jan. 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol "disturbing."
ABC News - Jan. 22
'Appalling': Current and former prosecutors lament Trump's Jan. 6 pardons

On the first anniversary of the Jan. 6 riot, then-Attorney General Merrick Garland tried to convey the enormous scope of the law enforcement effort to bring the rioters to justice, calling it “one ...
NBC News - Jan. 21
Ed Martin, advocate for Jan. 6 defendants, named D.C.'s interim U.S. attorney, overseeing Capitol riot cases

Ed Martin, a conservative activist who has been on the board of a group supporting Jan. 6 defendants, has been named to head the U.S. Attorney's Office for D.C.
NBC News - Jan. 21
Trump's election win certified by Congress on anniversary of Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot

President-elect Donald Trump won the 2024 election against Vice President Kamala Harris, who presided over Congress as it certified the results.
CNBC - Jan. 6
DOJ weighs 200 outstanding Capitol riot cases referred by FBI

Federal prosecutors are mulling bringing charges against as many as 200 more people for their roles in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack, including some 60 individuals suspected of assaulting or ...
The Hill - Jan. 6
Trump promises pardons for Jan. 6 Capitol rioters

President-elect Donald Trump has promised pardons for those who stormed the Capitol four years ago to try to disrupt the certification of President Biden's election win. CBS News political ...
CBS News - Jan. 6

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