Trump Reportedly Plans to Fire Jack Smith’s Team and Use DOJ To Investigate Baseless Claims of Voter Fraud

Donald Trump intends to use the Department of Justice to investigate baseless claims the 2020 election was rigged against him once he takes the oath of office in January, The Washington Post reported on Friday evening.

According to the report, Trump will also fire every DOJ employee who worked with Special Counsel Jack Smith on the agency’s two criminal cases against him.

Smith announced he would resign from the department before Trump begins his second term, ending the election interference and classified documents cases against the president-elect. Per the Post, citing two sources, Trump will also remove “career attorneys typically protected from political retribution.”

The Post added that his sources had told him Trump would launch an investigation into the 2020 election:

Trump is also planning to assemble investigative teams within the Justice Department to hunt for evidence in battleground states that fraud tainted the 2020 election, one of the people said.

The former and future president has claimed since November 2020 that states such as Georgia and Pennsylvania cheated him out of consecutive terms – claims that were never supported by any evidence.

Trump announced on Friday he had tapped former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi to lead the Justice Department after former GOP congressman Matt Gaetz withdrew his name from consideration.

Gaetz, whose nomination managed to briefly unite much of the Senate, has since announced he will not return to the House in the coming session and plans to work for Trump in some capacity.

The Florida Republican joined the celebrity video messaging app Cameo Friday and is offering personalized messages beginning at $500 per video.