President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he has ordered the sack of all remaining US attorneys nominated by his predecessor, Joe Biden.
“Over the past four years, the Department of Justice has been politicized like never before,” Trump posted on his Truth Social platform.
“Therefore, I have instructed the termination of ALL remaining ‘Biden Era’ U.S. Attorneys,” he said.
“We must ‘clean house’ immediately and restore confidence,” he added. “America’s Golden Age must have a fair justice system—that begins today.”
It is customary for an incoming president to replace federal prosecutors, known as US attorneys, appointed by their predecessors.
There are 93 US attorneys, one for each of the nation’s 94 federal court districts. Two districts share a US attorney.
US attorneys are the top federal law enforcement authorities in each district.
Following Trump’s November election victory, several US attorneys selected by Democrat Biden resigned in anticipation of being replaced.
The Justice Department, which Trump accuses of unjustly persecuting him, has seen a massive shakeup since the Republican entered office, with several high-ranking officials sacked, demoted, or reassigned.
Among those fired were staffers of special counsel Jack Smith’s office, who launched two now-defunct criminal cases against the US president.
The acting US attorney for the powerful Southern District of New York, a Trump appointee, resigned last week when the Justice Department urged him to drop corruption charges against New York Mayor Eric Adams.
