Grand Theft America / Receipt power-2025-01-31-010
The Justice Department purges the prosecutors who charged January 6
DOJ fires more than a dozen prosecutors who worked on Jan. 6 cases and ousts senior FBI officials, then demands a list of the thousands of FBI agents who worked on Jan. 6 and Trump investigations for possible removal—citing “weaponization.”
What happened
The Justice Department fired more than a dozen prosecutors who worked on January 6 cases and removed senior FBI officials, then demanded a list of the thousands of agents who had touched Jan. 6 and Trump investigations for possible removal, calling it an end to "weaponization."
Why it matters
The president is clearing out the people who investigated him and cataloguing the rest. The effect is a federal law-enforcement apparatus remade around the president — machinery positioned to shield him and pursue his opponents, with the people who might have refused already catalogued.
Receipt details
- Phase 1
- Purge the people who'd say no
- Purge prosecutors and FBI agents
