The terminated individuals received notice at around 5 p.m. ahead of the weekend.
The order mentioned the legal travails of the Capitol riot defendants.
It also promised that the Trump administration would take appropriate action to correct past misconduct in these areas.
The U.S. Capitol on January 06, 2021Shay Horse/NurPhoto/Getty Images
These charges had to be dropped last summer after theSupreme Courtruled that they had beentoo widely applied.
In a memo to staff, Martin called it a great failure of our office.
The headline has been updated to reflect that the attorneys were fired by the U.S. attorney in D.C.
