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.

The report calls Trump's claims that the special counsel was influenced by Biden for political reasons "laughable."

The DOJ official argued that the firings are in line with the Trump administration’s “mission of ending the weaponization of government.”

President Donald Trump had been charged with crimes by special counsel Jack Smith in cases related to the 2020 election and classified documents.

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In a letter to Acting Attorney General James McHenry, House Judiciary Committee ranking Democrat Jamie Raskin and House Oversight Ranking Democrat Gerald Connolly demanded a list of all affected Justice Department employees and an explanation for why they were reassigned or fired.

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Several federal prosecutors who worked with former special counsel Jack Smith on criminal investigations related to Trump were fired on Monday

In termination letters sent to more than a dozen officials, acting Attorney General James McHenry wrote that he did not believe they 'could be trusted to faithfully implement the President's agenda.'

The Justice Department employees had been involved in special counsel Jack Smith’s investigation that led to Trump's classified documents and Jan. 6 cases.

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