Overview
- Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche told a CPAC audience Thursday in Grapevine, Texas, that the departments have “cleaned house,” claiming more than 200 Justice Department employees tied to Trump prosecutions have left, been fired, or taken early retirement.
- Blanche said FBI Director Kash Patel removed agents who worked on Trump investigations, and CNN reported Patel recently fired a dozen employees connected to the classified-documents probe.
- Pressed on Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg and Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, Blanche said “justice” is coming and described DOJ leadership as focused daily on that goal.
- CNN noted it has not independently verified the “over 200” figure, and earlier termination letters from then–acting Attorney General James McHenry said some staff could not be trusted to carry out the President’s agenda because they prosecuted Trump.
- The overhaul follows the pre–January 2025 dismissal of Jack Smith’s two Trump cases, and two former FBI agents have since sued the DOJ and FBI alleging wrongful termination tied to the separate Arctic Frost investigation.