Trump Fires All Remaining Biden-Era US Attorneys

President Donald Trump has ordered the Department of Justice to fire all remaining “Biden-era” U.S. attorneys.

Key Quote: “Over the past four years, the Department of Justice has been politicized like never before. Therefore, I have instructed the termination of ALL remaining 'Biden Era' U.S. Attorneys. We must 'clean house' IMMEDIATELY, and restore confidence. America’s Golden Age must have a fair Justice System – THAT BEGINS TODAY!” Trump wrote on Tuesday.

The Details: Last week, Reuters reported on an email sent from the White House to Biden-appointed U.S. attorneys notifying them of their termination. 

For Context: There are 93 U.S. attorneys overseeing cases in the country’s 94 federal court districts (Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands share one U.S. attorney). It's common for a new president to terminate U.S. attorneys from the previous administration, but it’s standard practice for the incoming administration to request resignations instead of issuing terminations. 

How The Media Covered It: Outlets on the right and center covered the storyh more than outlets on the left. The Daily Beast (Left bias) added, “The purge in the Justice Department—related to Trump’s rampant complaints about being indicted four times in 2023—echoes many others in the federal government. In fact, terminations have been so numerous that the department’s own lawyers weren’t able to confirm the number of firings that occurred last weekend during a hearing Monday in Washington.” Outlets on the right deferred to Trump's social media posts to describe the reasons for the terminations.