The acting attorney general fired more than a dozen officials who assisted special counsel Jack Smith's prosecutions against President Donald Trump.

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The Justice Department is firing "over a dozen" officials who were part of former special counsel Jack Smith's teams that prosecuted President Donald Trump, officials confirmed to ABC News Monday.

During Wednesday's tense Senate confirmation hearing for Attorney General nominee Pam Bondi, Bondi repeatedly declined to say if she would investigate Special Counsel Jack Smith and former Congresswoman Liz Cheney.

Special counsel says Trump's election prohibited case from going to trial. Here is the news to know on Tuesday.

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

To the editor: I would like to address an open letter to Jack Smith, the Justice Department special counsel who just resigned. (“Special counsel report says Trump would’ve been convicted for ...

Early Tuesday morning, six days before Donald Trump will once again take the office of President of the United States, former Special Counsel Jack Smith's final report on the criminal acts the president-elect allegedly committed to try and stay in power ...

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In a long-awaited report, the former special counsel argued that Trump would have been convicted in his election subversion case if he hadn’t won the election.

With actions big and small, Trump has spent his first days in office pushing the levers of government – and his unique powers as commander in chief – to target his perceived political enemies both inside and outside the government.

It must be disappointing that, in the hailstorm of pardons thundering from our nation’s stormy capital, none apparently has John Eastman’s name on it. David Dempsey, who “viciously assaulted and injured police officers” on Jan.