After years of what many see as the Biden administration’s weaponization of the federal government, Attorney General Pam Bondi has done the bare minimum to overhaul the Justice Department.

The DOJ, still riddled with Biden holdovers, has faced intense scrutiny for its handling of the January 6th Capitol riot prosecutions.

Bondi terminated three federal prosecutors involved in prosecuting cases related to the January 6, 2021, Capitol riot on Monday, a move critics argue is nowhere near enough to address the scale of alleged politicization.

The dismissed prosecutors included two supervisors in the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Washington, D.C., who oversaw the Capitol riot cases, and one line attorney who prosecuted related cases, according to sources familiar with the matter who spoke to the Associated Press on condition of anonymity.

The termination letters, signed by Bondi, cited only "Article II of the United States Constitution and the laws of the United States" as the basis for their immediate removal, offering no specific explanation.

The firings come amid a broader reshuffling of DOJ personnel under the Trump administration, which has prioritized purging prosecutors perceived as disloyal or tied to politically charged cases.

In January 2025, then-Acting Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove ordered the dismissal of approximately two dozen prosecutors hired for temporary roles in the January 6 cases but later moved to permanent positions after Trump’s November 2024 election victory.

Bove stated he would not "tolerate subversive personnel actions by the previous administration."

Additionally, interim U.S. Attorney Ed Martin demoted several prosecutors, including those who secured seditious conspiracy convictions against Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes and former Proud Boys chairman Enrique Tarrio.

The January 6 prosecutions targeted over 1,500 defendants, with nearly 300 held in pretrial detention for up to four years, often for misdemeanor charges like trespassing in the The People’s House.'

Some faced severe charges, including seditious conspiracy, for actions as brief as entering the Capitol for mere minutes.

President Trump, who has warned these were defendants "political prisoners," pardoned or commuted their sentences on his first day back in office in January 2025.

These firings, though small in number, have reignited debate over the Justice Department’s independence.

Internal FBI emails obtained by Grassley in 2023 show prosecutors and agents of the Biden-era DOJ discussing potential charges against Trump over his involvement with a “J6 Prisoner Choir” song, based solely on a Forbes article.

Prosecutor JP Cooney wrote to colleagues on March 8, 2023: "Can we do some work to nail down Trump’s role in this,” referencing the article titled "Trump Collaborates On Song With Jan. 6 Defendants."

"According to this Forbes article, Trump recorded the Pledge of Allegiance at MAL [Mar-a-Lago] and Kash Patel [now FBI director] and Ed Henry [a former Fox News host] were also involved," Cooney noted. "The profits are routed to an LLC run by Henry, and proceeds are intended for families of incarcerated J6 defendants — but there is apparently a vetting process that excludes families of defendants who assaulted police officers."

Cooney also instructed colleagues to explore "some process on Ed Henry’s LLC," suggesting legal actions like subpoenas or warrants.

FBI Special Agent Walter Giardina, described by Grassley as a key figure in anti-Trump investigations, responded: "Esther and I are working on this today. We’re going to put together our findings at 2 and get something to you shortly after that.”

Giardina, involved in the debunked Russia collusion probe and other Trump-related cases, was criticized for wiping a laptop assigned to him during the Mueller investigation, potentially destroying records.

"Instead of focusing on DOJ and FBI’s core law enforcement responsibilities, partisan prosecutors and agents were surfing the web to find any shred of information they could use to spin another baseless case against Trump," Grassley told The New York Post. "Their actions are a disservice to Americans, who pay their salaries and depend on DOJ and FBI to keep them safe."

A federal law enforcement official, speaking anonymously to NBC News, called the recent firings "horrifying," stating, "To fire them, without explanation, is a slap in the face not only to them, but to all career DOJ prosecutors. No one is safe from this administration’s whims and impulses. And the public certainly is not served by the continued brain drain of DOJ — we are losing the best among us every day."

With only a handful dismissed, many Americans are still waiting for the justice they believe was denied.

The American people are fed up with a Justice Department that’s been turned into a political weapon.

These firings? A drop in the bucket. The Biden DOJ ran roughshod over 1,500 Americans, locking them up for years on flimsy charges while their families suffered.

And for what? Walking into the Capitol? This is the people’s house, not some sacred temple for the elites.

Bondi’s move is a start, but it’s like bringing a butter knife to a gunfight. The swamp’s still deep, and patriots are demanding real accountability, not just a few pink slips.

The call to abolish the FBI? That’s not fringe—it’s the voice of a fed-up nation.

The question remains: how many prosecutors worked on the January 6 cases? While exact numbers are unclear, reports suggest dozens were directly involved, with hundreds more providing support across the DOJ and FBI.