The terminated employee was responsible for advising the upper echelon of the DOJ on its ethical obligations.

A second group attempting to clear the way for disclosure of special counsel Jack Smith's report on the Mar-a-Lago probe of Trump urged Judge Cannon to act. The post Judge Cannon reminded a second time that she's been sitting for months on request for Jack Smith's full Mar-a-Lago report,

Jack Smith, the latest special counsel to draw the unenviable task of investigating former President Donald Trump, was described by his former colleagues Friday as a hard-nosed, by-the-book litigator.

Those fired included lawyers, support staff and U.S. marshals, some of whom had volunteered for duty to investigate or prosecute Trump, one report says.

During remarks to reporters ahead of a White House dinner on Monday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he nominated President Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize.