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Posted on 08/07/2026 12:22:10 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
Will Rosenzweig joins a growing list of former prosecutors and federal agents who have gone to court to contest the purge of law enforcement deemed disloyal.
One day last September, a right-wing influencer named Natalie Winters posted what she billed as an “EXCLUSIVE” on social media: A federal prosecutor in Miami overseeing a fraud case against “MAGA patriots” had once written a blog with comments critical of President Trump.
Ms. Winters, who has hundreds of thousands of followers, addressed her message to the accounts of senior officials at the Justice Department. Her demands for the prosecutor, Will Rosenzweig, could not have been clearer: “Fire him,” her message said.
Less than three hours later, the department did exactly that. Mr. Rosenzweig, who during his career had consistently earned praise for his work, received an emailed letter signed by Pam Bondi, then the attorney general, dismissing him from his position at the U.S. attorney’s office in Miami, effective immediately. No reason was provided.
On Friday, Mr. Rosenzweig sued the Justice Department along with Todd Blanche, who now runs the department, and Jason A. Reding Quiñones, the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Florida, asking for financial damages and his job back. In doing so, he joined a growing list of former prosecutors and federal agents who have gone to court in an effort to fight back against the widespread purge of law enforcement officials deemed to be disloyal to the president.
During Mr. Trump’s second term, agents and prosecutors have been fired for any number of reasons. Some were seasoned veterans who lost their jobs while trying to protect subordinates from being dismissed. Others were accused, sometimes incorrectly, of having worked on criminal cases...
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President Bill Clinton fired all 93 U.S. attorneys (federal prosecutors) in a single day in March 1993 shortly after taking office. In contrast, President Barack Obama did not conduct a mass firing; he allowed approximately 50 holdover prosecutors from the Bush administration to remain in their positions until successors could be found, explicitly avoiding the "wholesale" replacement seen under Clinton. President Joe Biden replaced prosecutors gradually, with 82 of the 93 U.S. attorneys eventually being replaced through nominations and confirmations rather than an immediate mass dismissal.
The Natalie Winters that I am aware of is a top-notch, first class investigative journalist/reporter. Referring to her as an “influencer” is a nasty lowdown dig that we have come to expect from the NYT.
I see little reason to consider any NYTs article to be truthful.
Doesn’t the President have the right to fire prosecutors? If so, why was this lawsuit allowed?
OOH, pick me, pick me! The answer from the Court will be that only Congress can fire an Executive Department Employee......
COmment #1 is documentation that Clinton, Obama and Biden fired them at-will.
A recent USSC decision has affirmed that the Chief Executive (for those in Loma Lina, the President) has the right to fire nearly anyone in the executive branch at will.
Too bad. How outraged was he and the NYT when Obama fired every Bush appointed US attorneys?
what was the recent supreme court ruling on executive authority to fire executive branch employees?
The U.S. Supreme Court recently ruled in a **6-3 decision** that **President Donald Trump has the authority to fire heads of independent executive agencies at will**, without needing to show cause. This ruling, issued on **June 29, 2026**, in *Trump v. Slaughter*, **overturned the 91-year-old precedent** set by *Humphrey’s Executor v. United States* (1935), which had previously protected officials at certain independent agencies from removal except for inefficiency, neglect, or malfeasance.
**Key aspects of the ruling include:**
* **Unitary Executive Theory:** The majority opinion, authored by Chief Justice John Roberts, affirmed that the Constitution vests all executive power in the President, meaning subordinates exercising that power must be removable at will to ensure accountability.
* **Scope of Authority:** The decision grants the President control over approximately **two dozen multi-member agencies**, including the Federal Trade Commission, the National Labor Relations Board, and the Consumer Product Safety Commission.
* **Federal Reserve Exception:** In a separate but related ruling (*Trump v. Cook*), the Court **carved out an exception for the Federal Reserve**, allowing Governor Lisa Cook to retain her job pending further litigation, citing the central bank’s unique structure and history as distinct from other independent agencies.
* **Dissent:** The three liberal justices dissented, arguing the decision grants the President unchecked power unknown even to the English Crown and undermines the separation of powers.
[note: the “federal reserve” is neither, is extraconstitutional, illegal, and there’s no way of stopping it.]
These people are not entitled to tax payers funded jobs. Try working in the real world called the private sector. These babies would in the corner crying if they had to deal with the conditions the rest of us do.
Trust me, these brats really believe they are owed cradle to grave employment.
If I recall, the thinking was that there the U.S. attorney in Arkansas was probing Clinton’s activities in Whitewater, Mena Airport, et al. Clinton fired all federal prosecutors as a cover for the only one he really wanted gone.
Want to bet they come up with something creative?
Win/Win!
I remember what His Slickness and Reno did. Very well.
Keep outing yourselves you deep state swap a$$hooes!!!!
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