Justice Department says it has fired employees involved in Trump investigations

Prosecutors involved in the investigations into President Donald Trump have been dismissed by the US Justice Department. Picture: Evan Vucci/AP

The US Department of Justice said on Monday that it had fired more than a dozen employees who worked on the criminal investigations into President Donald Trump, moving rapidly to pursue retribution against lawyers involved in the investigations.

The abrupt action targeting career prosecutors who worked on special counsel Jack Smith’s team is the latest sign of upheaval inside the Department of Justice (DoJ) and reflects the administration’s determination to purge the government of workers it perceives as disloyal to the president.