About a dozen Justice Department employees who worked for former special counsel Jack Smith on his investigation of Donald Trump are being fired.

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The Justice Department fired officials who worked on the special counsel team that investigated Donald Trump in two separate criminal cases, a spokesman said.

The Justice Department is firing "over a dozen" officials who were part of former special counsel Jack Smith's teams that prosecuted President Donald Trump, officials confirmed to ABC News Monday.

Federal prosecutors in Florida moved to dismiss its appeal in the Mar-a-Lago case, pushing to bring an end to the classified documents case. The motion, which comes after the U.S. Attorney’s