Three former Department of Justice (DOJ) officials have filed a lawsuit against Attorney General Pam Bondi and the federal government, alleging that they were terminated due to their work on cases related to the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol breach.
In their complaint filed on Thursday, Michael Gordon, Patricia Hartman, and Joseph Tirrell alleged that their terminations violated federal law and longstanding precedents that they say are meant to protect civil servants.
Tirrell, who confirmed his firing in a social media post earlier this month, had served as the top-level DOJ ethics official. Meanwhile, Gordon was the assistant U.S. attorney for the Middle District of Florida, and Hartman was a public affairs specialist in the U.S. attorney’s office for the District of Columbia, according to the court filing….
Ex-DOJ Officials File Lawsuit Against Bondi Over Terminations
