‘I fired them all!’ Bondi boots 6 DOJ turncoats who refused to back ICE
Attorney General Pam Bondi isn’t wasting time cleaning house — and this week, six federal prosecutors in Minnesota learned that walking away from law enforcement while demanding a taxpayer-funded exit comes with consequences.
The prosecutors, who had resigned in protest of the Trump Justice Department’s handling of an ICE-related shooting, were swiftly fired outright, cutting off their plans to remain on the federal payroll for months. No paid leave. No extended vacation. Just the door.
The New York Times first reported Tuesday that the group had quit over what it described as the Justice Department’s refusal to pursue a civil rights investigation into the shooting of Renee Good — a left-wing activist killed after attempting to run over an ICE agent — and its push to investigate Good herself.
But Bondi told a very different story Wednesday night on Fox News’ Hannity, where she announced the terminations in no uncertain terms.
“I fired them all. They’re FIRED from the office!”
Bondi explained that the prosecutors had abruptly decided they no longer wanted to support Immigration and Customs Enforcement — even as ICE agents continue to face violent resistance in the field.
“We had six prosecutors who suddenly decided they didn’t want to support the men and women in ICE,” she said.
“One of them was busy doing a photo shoot with The New York Times while ICE was out there risking their lives.”
According to Bondi, the situation grew more outrageous when the prosecutors attempted to resign — but only after cashing in months of taxpayer-funded leave.
“So they came, they said, we want to resign, but we want to use our annual leave up until April, meaning they wanted the taxpayers to pay for them to go on vacation because they decided they didn’t want to support law enforcement,” she added.
That request sealed their fate.
“So the breaking news tonight, I fired them all,” Bondi explained. “They’re fired from the office. And our U.S. attorney there, Rosen, he’s great, he was just confirmed three months ago.”
Fox News later confirmed that the prosecutors were positioned to receive paid leave for months before Bondi cut them loose on Wednesday — a perk they no longer enjoy.
Among those fired was Joseph Thompson, reportedly the second-in-command in the Minnesota office. The Times noted that Thompson had “strenuously objected” to Bondi’s decision not to pursue the ICE shooting as a civil rights case and was “outraged by the demand to launch a criminal investigation into” Good — despite her long record as a radical activist.
Thompson was also the prosecutor featured in a glossy New York Times photoshoot — an image that didn’t sit well with critics who say federal prosecutors should be focused on enforcing the law, not auditioning for sympathetic media coverage.
The prosecutors, who had resigned in protest of the Trump Justice Department’s handling of an ICE-related shooting, were swiftly fired outright, cutting off their plans to remain on the federal payroll for months. No paid leave. No extended vacation. Just the door.
The New York Times first reported Tuesday that the group had quit over what it described as the Justice Department’s refusal to pursue a civil rights investigation into the shooting of Renee Good — a left-wing activist killed after attempting to run over an ICE agent — and its push to investigate Good herself.
But Bondi told a very different story Wednesday night on Fox News’ Hannity, where she announced the terminations in no uncertain terms.
“I fired them all. They’re FIRED from the office!”
Bondi explained that the prosecutors had abruptly decided they no longer wanted to support Immigration and Customs Enforcement — even as ICE agents continue to face violent resistance in the field.
“We had six prosecutors who suddenly decided they didn’t want to support the men and women in ICE,” she said.
“One of them was busy doing a photo shoot with The New York Times while ICE was out there risking their lives.”
According to Bondi, the situation grew more outrageous when the prosecutors attempted to resign — but only after cashing in months of taxpayer-funded leave.
“So they came, they said, we want to resign, but we want to use our annual leave up until April, meaning they wanted the taxpayers to pay for them to go on vacation because they decided they didn’t want to support law enforcement,” she added.
That request sealed their fate.
“So the breaking news tonight, I fired them all,” Bondi explained. “They’re fired from the office. And our U.S. attorney there, Rosen, he’s great, he was just confirmed three months ago.”
Fox News later confirmed that the prosecutors were positioned to receive paid leave for months before Bondi cut them loose on Wednesday — a perk they no longer enjoy.
Among those fired was Joseph Thompson, reportedly the second-in-command in the Minnesota office. The Times noted that Thompson had “strenuously objected” to Bondi’s decision not to pursue the ICE shooting as a civil rights case and was “outraged by the demand to launch a criminal investigation into” Good — despite her long record as a radical activist.
Thompson was also the prosecutor featured in a glossy New York Times photoshoot — an image that didn’t sit well with critics who say federal prosecutors should be focused on enforcing the law, not auditioning for sympathetic media coverage.
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