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Attorney General Pam Bondi speaks to reporters as President Donald Trump listens, Friday, June 27, 2025, in the briefing room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Justice Dept. fires more prosecutors, support staff involved in Trump prosecutions, AP sources say

The Justice Department has fired additional lawyers and support staff who worked on special counsel Jack Smith’s investigations into President Donald Trump.
July 13
President Donald Trump walks down the stairs of Air Force One upon his arrival at Joint Base Andrews, Md., Sunday, March 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Luis M. Alvarez)

Law firm sues over Trump executive order that seeks to suspend security clearances

March 11
President Donald Trump gestures to the crowd at the Conservative Political Action Conference, CPAC, at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center, Saturday, Feb. 22, 2025, in Oxon Hill, Md. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Trump moves to suspend security clearances of lawyers at DC law firm helping Jack Smith

February 25
Attorney General Pam Bondi speaks after being sworn in, in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

New Attorney General Pam Bondi orders review of Trump cases as she takes over the Justice Dept.

February 6
The logo for the Justice Department is seen before a news conference at the Department of Justice, Aug. 23, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

Trump Justice Department says it has fired employees involved in prosecutions of the president

January 28

Justice Department fires Maurene Comey, prosecutor on Epstein case and daughter of ex-FBI director

The Justice Department has fired Maurene Comey, the daughter of former FBI director James Comey and a federal prosecutor in Manhattan who worked on the cases against Sean “Diddy” Combs and Jeffrey Epstein, three people familiar with the matter told The Associated Press on Wednesday.
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Pam Bondi, President-elect Donald Trump's choice to lead the Justice Department as attorney general, appears before the Senate Judiciary Committee for her confirmation hearing, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Who is Trump’s attorney general pick Pam Bondi? The former prosecutor is a close Trump ally

January 15
The report of special counsel Jack Smith is photographed Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick

Final chapter of the special counsel’s Jan. 6 case against Trump is now public. Here’s what to know

January 14
Former U.S. President Donald Trump attends the closing arguments in the Trump Organization civil fraud trial at New York State Supreme Court in the Manhattan borough of New York, Thursday, Jan. 11, 2024. (Shannon Stapleton/Pool Photo via AP)

Special counsel Jack Smith defends decision to bring criminal charges against Trump

January 14
Special counsel Jack Smith speaks about an indictment of former President Donald Trump, Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2023, at a Department of Justice office in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Special counsel Jack Smith has resigned after submitting his Trump report, Justice Department says

January 11
President Joe Biden speaks during a ceremony lighting the National Christmas Tree on the Ellipse near the White House in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

On pardons, Biden weighs whether to flex presidential powers in broad new ways

December 6, 2024

Trump the defendant and 2024 presidential candidate aims to campaign at New York hush money trial

April 12, 2024

Prosecutors in Trump’s classified documents case sharply rebuke judge’s unusual and ‘flawed’ order

April 3, 2024

Judge appears skeptical of Trump’s bid to dismiss his classified documents prosecution

March 14, 2024

Trump is not immune from prosecution in his 2020 election interference case, US appeals court says

February 6, 2024

Special counsel Jack Smith asks Supreme Court for quick ruling on whether Trump can be prosecuted

December 12, 2023

Special counsel: Trump lies ‘fueled’ Jan. 6 attack

August 1, 2023

Background on Trump’s Jan. 6 investigation

August 1, 2023

Trump indicted in connection to Jan. 6 probe

August 1, 2023

New charges added to Trump’s documents case

July 28, 2023

Jan. 6 investigation closes in on former President Trump

July 20, 2023

Special Counsel statement on DOJ Trump indictment

June 12, 2023

DOJ details charges against former President Trump

June 12, 2023

Background on Trump’s DOJ document case

June 9, 2023
Former Associated Press photographer Jack Smith, left, is seen with fellow photographer Steven Nehl, then of the Oregonian newspaper, during an NCAA college football game in Eugene, Ore., in the early 1990s. Jack Smith, an AP photographer who captured unforgettable shots of the eruption of Mount St. Helens, the Exxon-Valdez oil spill, the Olympics and many other events during his 35-year career with the news organization, passed away on Jan. 4, 2023, at his home in La Mesa, Calif. He was 80. (Greg Wahl-Stephens via AP)

AP photographer Jack Smith, who shot Mount St. Helens, dies

January 13, 2023

AP reporter inside courtroom describes scene

June 14, 2023