The Trump Justice Department says it has fired more than a dozen employees who worked on criminal investigations into President Donald Trump.

The lawyers were part of former special counsel Jack Smith's team which brought two cases against the president.

The firings come as a Trump appointee opened an internal review of the department’s decision to charge hundreds of Jan. 6 defendants with felony obstruction offenses.

Given your significant role in prosecuting the President, I do not believe that the leadership of the Department can trust you,' acting Attorney General James McHenry tells dismissed officials

In termination letters sent to more than a dozen officials, acting Attorney General James McHenry wrote that he did not believe they 'could be trusted to faithfully implement the President's agenda.'

WASHINGTON — The Justice Department said Monday that it had fired more than a dozen employees who worked on Jack Smith’s criminal prosecutions of President Trump, moving rapidly to pursue retribution against lawyers involved in the investigations and signaling an early willingness to take action favorable to the president’s personal interests.

President Donald Trump’s administration is ending the case against his former co-defendants in the classified documents investigation brought by former special counsel Jack Smith.