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Exclusive: Top Justice Department Official in Trump Classified Documents Case Resigns

Counterintelligence chief Jay Bratt feared Trump would retaliate by firing him

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A top Justice Department national security prosecutor has become an early casualty of the incoming Trump administration, abruptly resigning from the department last week before incoming appointees can retaliate against him for his key role in special counsel Jack Smith’s investigation into the former president.

Jay Bratt (Justice Department photo).

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